"annihilate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈnaɪə.leɪt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-annihilate.ogg Forms: annihilates [present, singular, third-person], annihilating [participle, present], annihilated [participle, past], annihilated [past]
Etymology: From Latin annihilō (“I reduce to nothing”), from ad (“to”) + nihil (“nothing”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|annihilō||I reduce to nothing}} Latin annihilō (“I reduce to nothing”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} annihilate (third-person singular simple present annihilates, present participle annihilating, simple past and past participle annihilated)
  1. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. Synonyms (to reduce to nothing): benothing, destroy, eradicate, extinguish Translations (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate): أَفْنَى (ʔafnā) (Arabic), məhv etmək (Azerbaijani), yox etmək (Azerbaijani), знішча́ць (zniščácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), зні́шчыць (zníščycʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), зніштажа́ць (zništažácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), знішто́жыць (zništóžycʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), унищожавам (uništožavam) (Bulgarian), изтребвам (iztrebvam) (Bulgarian), anihilar (Catalan), aniquilar (Catalan), لەناوبردن (lenawbirdin) (Central Kurdish), 殲滅 (Chinese Mandarin), 歼灭 (jiānmiè) (Chinese Mandarin), 毁灭 (huǐmiè) (Chinese Mandarin), gordhristrui (Cornish), vyhladit (Czech), annihilere (Danish), tilintetgøre (Danish), vernietigen (Dutch), neniigi (Esperanto), hävittää (Finnish), annihiler (French), anéantir (French), réduire à néant (French), vernichten (German), εκμηδενίζω (ekmidenízo) (Greek), להשמיד (Hebrew), לחסל (Hebrew), megsemmisít (Hungarian), tortíma (Icelandic), nihiligar (Ido), annichilire (Italian), annientare (Italian), 撲滅する (bokumetsu suru) (Japanese), 殲滅する (semmetsu suru) (Japanese), 根絶する (konzetsu suru) (Japanese), 根刮ぎにする (nekosogi ni suru) (Japanese), 絶滅させる (zetsumetsu saseru) (Japanese), annihilō (Latin), dēleō (Latin), നശിപ്പിക്കുക (naśippikkuka) (Malayalam), ഉന്മൂലനം ചെയ്യുക (unmūlanaṁ ceyyuka) (Malayalam), urupatu (Maori), whakamōtī (Maori), tilintetgjøre (Norwegian Bokmål), annihilere (Norwegian Bokmål), adilgian (Old English), نابود کردن (nâbud kardan) (Persian), از بین بردن (az beyn bordan) (Persian), unicestwiać [imperfective] (Polish), unicestwić [perfective] (Polish), anihilować [imperfective] (Polish), aniquilar (Portuguese), anihila (Romanian), уничтожа́ть (uničtožátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уничто́жить (uničtóžitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), истребля́ть (istrebljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), истреби́ть (istrebítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), aniquilar (Spanish), anihilar [rare] (Spanish), tillintetgöra (Swedish), förinta (Swedish), förgöra (Swedish), กวาดล้าง (gwàat-láang) (Thai), ทำลาย (tam-laai) (Thai), ทำลายล้าง (tam-laai-láang) (Thai), ถอนรากถอนโคน (tɔ̌ɔn-râak-tɔ̌ɔn-koon) (Thai), mahvetmek (Turkish), yok etmek (Turkish), зни́щувати (znýščuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зни́щити (znýščyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), diddymaf (Welsh), difodaf (Welsh), פֿאַרטיליקן (fartilikn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-annihilate-en-verb-0ixYMfN0 Disambiguation of 'to reduce to nothing': 84 5 2 9 Disambiguation of 'to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate': 92 2 1 5
  2. (particle physics) 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). Tags: particle Categories (topical): Particle physics Translations (to react with antimatter): 湮灭 (yan mie) (Chinese Mandarin), annihiloitua (Finnish), annihilere (Norwegian Bokmål), anihilować [imperfective] (Polish), aniquilar (Portuguese), аннигилировать (annigilirovatʹ) (Russian), ประลัย (bprà-lai) (Thai)
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  3. (archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-annihilate-en-verb-n8tzKCY5
  4. (transitive) To render null and void; to abrogate. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coannihilate, self-annihilate Related terms: annihilable, annihilation, annihilative, annihilator, annul, nihilism, nihilist, null, nullify

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "create"
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          "text": "An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.",
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          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 237:",
          "text": "But eagerness in this case, as in most others, annihilated its own delight; down came the tottering height, while the disappointed builder found relief for his sorrow in anger—sorrow's best remedy after all.",
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          "_dis1": "84 5 2 9",
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          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
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          "roman": "ʔafnā",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "أَفْنَى"
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          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "məhv etmək"
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          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "yox etmək"
        },
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          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zniščácʹ",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
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          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
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          "roman": "zništažácʹ",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
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          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
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          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uništožavam",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "унищожавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "iztrebvam",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "изтребвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "anihilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "aniquilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "殲滅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiānmiè",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "歼灭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huǐmiè",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "毁灭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "gordhristrui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "vyhladit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "annihilere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "tilintetgøre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "vernietigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "neniigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "hävittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "annihiler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "anéantir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "réduire à néant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "vernichten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ekmidenízo",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "εκμηδενίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "להשמיד"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "לחסל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "megsemmisít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "tortíma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "nihiligar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "annichilire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "annientare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bokumetsu suru",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "撲滅する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "semmetsu suru",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "殲滅する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "konzetsu suru",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "根絶する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nekosogi ni suru",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "根刮ぎにする"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zetsumetsu saseru",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "絶滅させる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "lenawbirdin",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "لەناوبردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "annihilō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "dēleō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "naśippikkuka",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "നശിപ്പിക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "unmūlanaṁ ceyyuka",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "ഉന്മൂലനം ചെയ്യുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "urupatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "whakamōtī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "tilintetgjøre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "annihilere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "adilgian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nâbud kardan",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "نابود کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 2 1 5",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "az beyn bordan",
          "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
          "word": "از بین بردن"
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 237:",
          "text": "But eagerness in this case, as in most others, annihilated its own delight; down came the tottering height, while the disappointed builder found relief for his sorrow in anger—sorrow's best remedy after all.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate."
      ],
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        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ],
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "eradicate",
          "eradicate"
        ]
      ]
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      "categories": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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)."
      ],
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        [
          "particle physics",
          "particle physics"
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          "antimatter",
          "antimatter"
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          "gamma radiation",
          "gamma radiation"
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        [
          "composite",
          "composite"
        ],
        [
          "proton",
          "proton"
        ],
        [
          "pion",
          "pion"
        ],
        [
          "muon",
          "muon"
        ],
        [
          "neutrino",
          "neutrino"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(particle physics) 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)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "particle"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To treat as worthless, to vilify."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vilify",
          "vilify"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To render null and void; to abrogate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "null and void",
          "null and void"
        ],
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          "abrogate",
          "abrogate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To render null and void; to abrogate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/əˈnaɪə.leɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing",
      "word": "benothing"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing",
      "word": "destroy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing",
      "word": "eradicate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing",
      "word": "extinguish"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔafnā",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "أَفْنَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "məhv etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "yox etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zniščácʹ",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "знішча́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zníščycʹ",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зні́шчыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zništažácʹ",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зніштажа́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zništóžycʹ",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "знішто́жыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uništožavam",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "унищожавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztrebvam",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "изтребвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "anihilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "aniquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "殲滅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānmiè",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "歼灭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǐmiè",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "毁灭"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "gordhristrui"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "vyhladit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "annihilere"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "tilintetgøre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "vernietigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "neniigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "hävittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "annihiler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "anéantir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "réduire à néant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "vernichten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekmidenízo",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "εκμηδενίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "להשמיד"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "לחסל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "megsemmisít"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "tortíma"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "nihiligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "annichilire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "annientare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bokumetsu suru",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "撲滅する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "semmetsu suru",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "殲滅する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konzetsu suru",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "根絶する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nekosogi ni suru",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "根刮ぎにする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zetsumetsu saseru",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "絶滅させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "lenawbirdin",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "لەناوبردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "annihilō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "dēleō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "naśippikkuka",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "നശിപ്പിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "unmūlanaṁ ceyyuka",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "ഉന്മൂലനം ചെയ്യുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "urupatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "whakamōtī"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "tilintetgjøre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "annihilere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "adilgian"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâbud kardan",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "نابود کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "az beyn bordan",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "از بین بردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "unicestwiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "unicestwić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "anihilować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "aniquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "anihila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uničtožátʹ",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уничтожа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uničtóžitʹ",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уничто́жить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istrebljátʹ",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "истребля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istrebítʹ",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "истреби́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "aniquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "anihilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "tillintetgöra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "förinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "förgöra"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gwàat-láang",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "กวาดล้าง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tam-laai",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "ทำลาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tam-laai-láang",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "ทำลายล้าง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tɔ̌ɔn-râak-tɔ̌ɔn-koon",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "ถอนรากถอนโคน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "mahvetmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "yok etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znýščuvaty",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зни́щувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znýščyty",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зни́щити"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "diddymaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "difodaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fartilikn",
      "sense": "to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate",
      "word": "פֿאַרטיליקן"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yan mie",
      "sense": "to react with antimatter",
      "word": "湮灭"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to react with antimatter",
      "word": "annihiloitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to react with antimatter",
      "word": "annihilere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to react with antimatter",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "anihilować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to react with antimatter",
      "word": "aniquilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "annigilirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to react with antimatter",
      "word": "аннигилировать"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-lai",
      "sense": "to react with antimatter",
      "word": "ประลัย"
    }
  ],
  "word": "annihilate"
}

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