annihilated
Wiped from existence
Annihilated is the past tense of annihilate, meaning to destroy completely or reduce to nothing.
An army can be annihilated in battle, a species annihilated by extinction.
In casual speech, annihilated often means utterly defeated: We got annihilated in the semifinals.
It also describes being extremely intoxicated: I was annihilated after those shots.
Utterly and completely destroyed
- pulverizedMade into powder
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- decimatedDestroyed most of
- destroyedMade to cease existing
eradicated · exterminated · wiped out · razed · leveled · vaporized · incinerated · disintegrated
Defeated completely
- conqueredDefeated and took control
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- trouncedDefeated decisively
- routedOverwhelmingly defeated
decimated · overwhelmed · overpowered · thrashed · hammered · clobbered · walloped · demolished
Officially removed completely
- eradicatedTotally destroyed or removed
- deletedPermanently removed
- purgedRemoved thoroughly, often forcibly
- erasedRemoved by rubbing
wiped · effaced · removed · eliminated · extinguished · abolished · voided · nullified
obliterated
Utterly and completely destroyed
- pulverizedMade into powder
- demolishedCompletely destroyed a structure
- decimatedDestroyed most of
destroyed · eradicated · exterminated · wiped out · razed · leveled · vaporized · incinerated · disintegrated · reduced to rubble
vanquished
Defeated completely
routed · decimated · overwhelmed · overpowered · thrashed · hammered · clobbered · walloped · demolished · destroyed
expunged
Officially removed completely
- eradicatedTotally destroyed or removed
- deletedPermanently removed
- purgedRemoved thoroughly, often forcibly
erased · wiped · effaced · removed · eliminated · extinguished · abolished · voided · nullified · obliterated
wasted
Used without good result
plastered · blitzed · wrecked · bombed · destroyed · obliterated · legless · blotto · sloshed · tanked
- extinctionmass extinction, dodo, extinct, extinction event, extinction rate
- defeatdefeat, beaten, conquered, vanquished, loss
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
- destroyeddestroyed, demolished, obliterated, decimated, devastated
- ruinedruined, destroyed, wrecked, demolished, obliterated
- drunk slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, smashed, plastered
annihilatedpreserved
Kept from deterioration
saved · protected · conserved · safeguarded · spared
- total annihilationComplete and utter destruction
annihilate, annihilation, annihilating, annihilates, annihilator, annihilators, annihilations, self-annihilation