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as in eradicates
to destroy all traces of
the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success
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as in destroys
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
the tornado simply annihilated the family's home
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as in overcomes
to defeat by a large margin
we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!
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Recent Examples of annihilates
Matter is so dominant in our universe that any antimatter typically encounters matter quickly and annihilates.
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Quanta Magazine,
15 June 2026
Instead of a withering blast that annihilates you instantly, the real killer would be a highly elevated risk of cancer and degenerative diseases over time.
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Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
Dreams blend and bend time; death annihilates it, and Miller’s play is both.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Gautier Hamel de Monchenault, CERN director for research and computing, hailed the feat as remarkable, as antimatter is difficult to preserve and annihilates on contact with matter.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
Quanta Magazine,
15 June 2026
Instead of a withering blast that annihilates you instantly, the real killer would be a highly elevated risk of cancer and degenerative diseases over time.
—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
Dreams blend and bend time; death annihilates it, and Miller’s play is both.
—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Gautier Hamel de Monchenault, CERN director for research and computing, hailed the feat as remarkable, as antimatter is difficult to preserve and annihilates on contact with matter.
—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annihilates
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Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.
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This method completely eradicates weeds on contact without any toxic chemicals.
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An agent that cannot reliably query real-time pricing and inventory, or that cannot preserve brand logic through a checkout flow, destroys the value that luxury merchants have spent decades building.
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April freeze destroys crops Early on the morning of April 21, temperatures in Maryland dropped into the low 20s after weeks of unseasonably warm weather.
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These families show that love overcomes differences.
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As the realization that nothing—or no one—will be enough overcomes the final bridge, a flurry of drums gallop in and the track explodes into fireworks as Rodrigo screams her guts out.
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When the model is the only edge, an open-source release erases it, so the moat has to be proprietary data and workflow.
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The whole thing with Pullman porters is they weren’t called by their names, they were all called George, so that erases your identity.
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An $8,000 Ryvid Anthem or a $10,000 Maeving RM1S will deliver broadly similar urban usability, while the $12,500 Zero FXE absolutely demolishes it on power-per-dollar.
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The latest filing demolishes the timeworn claim that DOGE was infiltrated into Social Security in order to responsibly ferret out fraud and overspending.
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Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect.
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But New England’s trade effectively grants Brown the proverbial Change Of Scenery that buries the receiver’s unsaid motivations.
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
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When a window shatters, your entire home is at risk of collapse or even being blown away.
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When a shocking night shatters their fragile facade, both women are forced to confront the cost of control and decide what kind of future is worth fighting for.
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“Annihilates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annihilates. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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