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(annihilates, annihilating, annihilated) 1. To annihilate something means to destroy it completely. The Army was annihilated. VERB: V n • annihilation ...the threat of nuclear war and annihilation of the human race. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n 2. If you annihilate someone in a contest or argument, you totally defeat them. The Dutch annihilated the Olympic champions 5-0. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Late Latin annihilatus, past participle of annihilare to reduce to nothing, from Latin ad- + nihil nothing — more at nil Date: 1525 transitive verb 1. a. to cause to be of no effect ; nullify b. to destroy the substance or force of 2. to regard as of no consequence 3. to cause to cease to exist; especially kill 4. a. to destroy a considerable part of bombs ~d the city ; to vanquish completely ; rout ~d the visitors 56-0 5. to cause (a particle and its antiparticle) to vanish by annihilating intransitive verb of a particle and its antiparticle to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (as photons) • annihilation noun • annihilator noun • annihilatory adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 completely destroy. 2 defeat utterly; make insignificant or powerless. Derivatives annihilator n. Etymology: LL annihilare (as AN-(2), nihil nothing) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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отменять, аннулировать ANNIHILATE гл. уничтожать, упразднять, отменять (закон, постановление) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. уничтожать the avalanche annihilated the village —- лавина стерла деревню с лица земли the enemy army was annihilated —- армия противника была уничтожена 2. редк. упразднять, отменять 3. аннигилировать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1525, from L.L. annihilatus, pp. of annihilare "to reduce to nothing," from L. ad- "to" + nihil "nothing." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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