annihilate
Wipe out completely
Annihilate means to destroy something so completely that nothing remains.
The word carries a sense of total obliteration rather than mere damage or defeat: The asteroid impact annihilated the dinosaurs.
In physics, annihilation refers specifically to the process where a particle and its antiparticle collide and convert entirely into energy.
More casually, annihilate describes crushing an opponent: We annihilated them 42 to 3.
Destroy completely, every one
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
mass destruction · species loss · depopulate · wipe out · eliminate · extirpate · die out · vanish
Destroy completely, every one
- extirpateDestroy utterly, completely
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- liquidateConvert assets to currency
- wipe outDestroy completely or tumble
expunge · abolish · efface · nullify · remove · delete · cancel · void
Compress with force
- dominateControl through superior strength
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- trounceDefeat decisively
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
humiliate · demolish · destroy · slaughter · massacre · steamroll · shellac · clobber
Substance of antiparticles
- positronElectron's antimatter counterpart
- gamma rayHigh-energy nuclear emission
- photonElectromagnetic radiation unit
- electronNegative subatomic particle
particle physics · CERN · accelerator · quantum · subatomic · conversion · energy release
demolish
Destroy completely
raze · shatter · disintegrate · atomize · crush · smash · flatten · wreck · ruin · level
exterminate
Destroy completely, every one
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
ethnic cleansing · mass destruction · species loss · depopulate · wipe out · eliminate · extirpate · die out · vanish · disappear
exterminate
Destroy completely, every one
- extirpateDestroy utterly, completely
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- liquidateConvert assets to currency
wipe out · expunge · abolish · efface · nullify · remove · delete · cancel · void · negate
crush
Compress with force
overwhelm · humiliate · demolish · destroy · slaughter · massacre · steamroll · shellac · clobber · thrash
antimatter
Substance of antiparticles
- positronElectron's antimatter counterpart
- gamma rayHigh-energy nuclear emission
- photonElectromagnetic radiation unit
electron · particle physics · CERN · accelerator · quantum · subatomic · conversion · energy release
- Destroydestroy, demolish, devastate, ruin, wreck
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- oblivionoblivion, nothingness, nonexistence, extinction, obliteration
- blot outerase, delete, wipe out, cross out, scratch out
- cancelcancel, annul, nullify, invalidate, revoke
- crushing wordssmash, crush, grind, pound, pulverize
- total annihilationComplete and utter destruction
annihilation, annihilated, annihilating, annihilates, annihilator, annihilators, annihilations, self-annihilation