Advanced and Proficiency Vocabulary for Exams(e.g.GRE, Banks, Civil Services, SAT / LSAT). For IELTS/TOEFL, and everyday spoken vocabulary, go to our Spoken Vocabulary Database.
When you ‘annihilate’, you destroy something so completely that nothing remains or it ceases to exist. The term is frequently seen in a competitive context where it is used to express a total or heavy defeat, particularly in sport.
Exam DB | Spoken DB | Other | |
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Synonyms | obliterate | obliterationextricate | eradicate, | |
Antonyms | assemblerevive | preserve, |
If such a bomb was dropped, it would annihilate at least half of the city.
The match wasn’t close, it was an annihilation. We got beaten 7-0!
If things continue as they are, this economic downturn will be the annihilator of my business.