annihilates
Wipes out entirely
Annihilates is the present tense of annihilate, meaning to destroy completely or reduce to nothing.
Armies annihilate enemy forces; nuclear weapons could annihilate cities.
In casual use, it means to defeat utterly: Our team annihilated them 42-0.
In physics, matter and antimatter annihilate each other on contact, converting entirely to energy.
Destroy all traces of
- demolishDestroy completely
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
- decimateDestroy a large portion
- pulverizeCrush to powder
vaporize · eradicate · exterminate · raze · incinerate · shatter · disintegrate · flatten
Compress with force
- dominateControl through superior strength
- trounceDefeat decisively
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
demolish · steamroll · massacre · slaughter · decimate · thrash · wallop · clobber
Destroy all traces of
- effaceEliminate from view
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- wipe outDestroy completely or tumble
delete · extinguish · blot out · eliminate · remove · purge · nullify · void
Complete vanishing of a species
- terminationAct of ending something
- endingFinal portion of something
- cessationA full stopping
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
eradication · extermination · obliteration · death · demise · doom · destruction · finish
obliterate
Destroy all traces of
pulverize · vaporize · eradicate · exterminate · raze · incinerate · shatter · disintegrate · flatten · wreck
crush
Compress with force
overwhelm · demolish · steamroll · massacre · slaughter · decimate · thrash · wallop · clobber · shellac
obliterate
Destroy all traces of
wipe out · delete · extinguish · blot out · eliminate · remove · purge · nullify · void · cancel
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- terminationAct of ending something
- endingFinal portion of something
- cessationA full stopping
elimination · eradication · extermination · obliteration · death · demise · doom · destruction · finish · conclusion
- total annihilationComplete and utter destruction
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