"nihilate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: nihilates [present, singular, third-person], nihilating [participle, present], nihilated [participle, past], nihilated [past]
Etymology: From Latin nihilō (“I reduce to nothing”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|nihilō||I reduce to nothing}} Latin nihilō (“I reduce to nothing”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} nihilate (third-person singular simple present nihilates, present participle nihilating, simple past and past participle nihilated)
  1. To encase in a shell of non-being.
    Sense id: en-nihilate-en-verb-Ns3~Swvn
  2. (philosophy) The action of consciousness, which is the origin of negation in facticity. Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-nihilate-en-verb-pz7GfrSw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 38 62 Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nihilation

Inflected forms

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