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annihilating
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Annihilating
(gcide) | Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
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It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.
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2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of,
so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To
annihilate the army." --Macaulay.
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3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a
thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc.,
of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
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annihilating
(gcide) | annihilating \annihilating\ adj.
criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as,
afire with annihilating invective.
Syn: devastating, withering.
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annihilating
(wn) | annihilating
adj 1: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
"possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating
hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn:
annihilative, annihilating, devastating,
withering]
2: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a
devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments
inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn:
annihilating, devastating, withering] |
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annihilating
(encz) | annihilating,drtivý Pavel Cvrček |
annihilating
(gcide) | Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
[1913 Webster]
It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of,
so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To
annihilate the army." --Macaulay.
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3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a
thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc.,
of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.
[1913 Webster]annihilating \annihilating\ adj.
criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as,
afire with annihilating invective.
Syn: devastating, withering.
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annihilating
(wn) | annihilating
adj 1: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
"possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating
hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn:
annihilative, annihilating, devastating,
withering]
2: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a
devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments
inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn:
annihilating, devastating, withering] |
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