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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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What starts as a series that aims to subvert the heist genre at every turn – amped with thrilling life-or-death stakes, family dynamics, and explosive action – gives birth to an exploration of what drives us, sustains us, and ultimately destroys us.
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Arrrives, destroys Femi and hands Main Event Jey the crown.
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And a strangeness suddenly overcomes me.
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These families show that love overcomes differences.
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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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Custom silicon is a continuous program, not a single release that erases a hardware shortage overnight.
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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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The algorithm buries it because the pattern is easy to detect.
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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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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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But now a new ultralight player shatters the silence with an impressive solo tent that not only drops in right around 2 lb (907 oz) but does it at half the price of some of the competition.
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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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“Annihilates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annihilates. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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