annihilate

v. துடைத்தழி, நிர்மூலமாக்கு., ஒழித்துக்கட்டு.

Synonyms

abolish destroy bring_to_nought uproot eradicate nullify exterminate end extinguish demolish obliterate efface

Antonyms

keep conserve preserve foster tend protest cherish develope stabilitate augment cultivate perpetuate

An*ni"hi*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] Etym: [L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.] 1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon. 2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To annihilate the army." Macaulay. 3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness. An*ni"hi*late, a. Defn: Anhilated. [Archaic] Swift.

annihilate - Similar Words

annihilative annihilator annihilable annihilatory annihilation annulate self-annihilated vanillate oxanilate mannitate