annihilate
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
Example
“An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.”
Other meanings
To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).
To render null and void; to abrogate.
Related words
- coannihilate
- self-annihilate
- annihilator method
Word history
From Latin "annihilātus".
Where this comes from
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