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annihilated

/uh-nahy-uh-leyt/US // əˈnaɪ əˌleɪt //UK // (əˈnaɪəˌleɪt) //

歼灭,湮灭的,湮灭,湮没了

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    an·ni·hi·lat·ed, an·ni·hi·lat·ing.

    • : to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.
    • : to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out: to annihilate an army.
    • : to annul; make void: to annihilate a law.
    • : to cancel the effect of; nullify.
    • : to defeat completely; vanquish: Our basketball team annihilated the visiting team.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdestroy completely

Examples

  • We’ve failed to annihilate ourselves, and for this we can be thankful.

  • People who have been around the block in this industry will always roll their eyes at language like “eliminate” and “annihilate” when referring to cyber threats.

  • As those dark matter particles annihilate with their antiparticles, they heat up the planet.

  • The Saints annihilated Tampa Bay, 38-3, after leading 31-0 at halftime and took control of the NFC South.

  • Eventually, the electron and positron do annihilate one another, Conover says.

  • A “culture of accommodation and compromise” was swiftly annihilated by “the determination of a small, united band of soldiers.”

  • The result is that the Palestinian moderates have been politically annihilated.

  • Civilian populations who are at risk of being annihilated by a bomb are referred to as “economic infrastructure.”

  • The smiling face of man was blotted out; gratitude, virtue, were annihilated; and life had no longer an object!

  • Their left was surrounded and annihilated while the centre and right were driven from the field in complete rout.

  • At this very time your purpose is known to the world; and, before we can prevent it, the bank may be run upon and annihilated.

  • British pasture farming was to be annihilated, and an immense stimulus given to that of our continental rivals.

  • On that very road a battalion of Uhlans had been annihilated almost to a man at the outbreak of the Great War.