ANNIHILATE

ANNI'HILATE, verb transitive [Latin ad and nihilum, nothing, of ne, not, and hilum, a trifle.]1. To reduce to nothing; to destroy the existence of.No human power can annihilate matter.2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting and carrying away the trees, though the timber may still exist; to annihilate a house by demolishing the structure.

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annihilate. annihilate, make voyd, or bring to nothing.

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annihilate. Annihilate, v.t. to reduce to nothing, to destroy the specific form of a thing

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An‐ni″hi‐late (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [[L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.]] 1. 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. 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. 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.