ANNIHILATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ANNIHILATE?

Need another word that means the same as “annihilate”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “annihilate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Annihilate” are: carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out, destroy, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, kill, slaughter, exterminate, liquidate, finish off, erase, root out, extirpate, trounce, defeat, beat, beat hollow, worst, best, overwhelm, rout, bring someone to their knees

Annihilate as a Verb

Definitions of "Annihilate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “annihilate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Destroy utterly; obliterate.
• Kill in large numbers.
• Convert (a subatomic particle) into radiant energy.
• Defeat utterly.

Synonyms of "Annihilate" as a verb (27 Words)

beat	Indicate by beating as with the fingers or drumsticks. Beat the table with his shoe.
beat hollow	Produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly.
best	Outwit or get the better of (someone. She refused to allow herself to be bested.
bring someone to their knees	Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.
carry off	Keep up with financial support.
decimate	Kill in large numbers. Public transport has been decimated.
defeat	Thwart the passage of. She was defeated by the last steep hill.
destroy	Destroy completely damage irreparably. The room had been destroyed by fire.
eliminate	Eliminate from the body. This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration.
eradicate	Destroy completely; put an end to. This disease has been eradicated from the world.
erase	Remove from memory or existence. Please erase the formula on the blackboard it is wrong.
exterminate	Destroy completely. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews Gypsies Communists and homosexuals of Europe.
extinguish	Extinguish by crushing. Too big to be extinguished at once the forest fires at best could be contained.
extirpate	Pull up by or as if by the roots. Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.
finish off	Finally be or do something.
liquidate	Wind up the affairs of (a business) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets. Liquidate a company.
obliterate	Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing. The special stamp should be placed on the left hand side and not be used to obliterate the postage stamp.
overwhelm	Defeat completely. I was overwhelmed with guilt.
root out	Come into existence, originate.
rout	Make a groove in. Rout out the fighters from their caves.
slaughter	Kill (people or animals) in a cruel or violent way, typically in large numbers. Innocent civilians are being slaughtered.
trounce	Defeat heavily in a contest. Insider dealing has been roundly trounced.
wipe off the face of the earth	Rub with a circular motion.
wipe off the map	Rub with a circular motion.
wipe out	Rub with a circular motion.
worst	Defeat thoroughly. This was not the time for a deep discussion she was tired and she would be worsted.

Usage Examples of "Annihilate" as a verb

• A simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all.
• A fraction of the mass of atomic nuclei is annihilated.
• Mesons are unstable because the quark and antiquark can annihilate each other.
• The stronger force annihilated its opponent virtually without loss.
• A crusade to annihilate evil.

Associations of "Annihilate" (30 Words)

abolish	Do away with. The tax was abolished in 1977.
abrogate	Repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement. A proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike.
abrogation	The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation.
annul	Declare invalid. The contract was annulled.
cancel	A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat. The electric fields may cancel each other out.
cull	An inferior or surplus livestock animal selected for culling. Cull the sick members of the herd.
decimate	Drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something. Public transport has been decimated.
deconstruct	Analyse a text or linguistic or conceptual system by deconstruction. She likes to deconstruct the texts to uncover what they are not saying.
delete	A command or key on a computer which erases text. You can use delete to remove a number of lines from your program.
demolish	Comprehensively refute (an argument or its proponent. Brown was busy demolishing a sausage roll.
destroy	Destroy completely damage irreparably. The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid.
eliminate	Eliminate from the body. The police have eliminated Lawrence from their inquiries.
eradicate	Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. This disease has been eradicated from the world.
erasable	Capable of being effaced. A signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head.
exterminate	Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews Gypsies Communists and homosexuals of Europe.
extirpate	Eradicate or destroy completely. Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago.
extirpation	The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.
iconoclasm	The orientation of an iconoclast.
null	Combine a signal with another in order to create a null cancel out. The tumour can be more readily identified by nulling the high signal from bone marrow.
nullify	Declare invalid. Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions.
off	Located on the side of a vehicle that is normally furthest from the kerb offside. The man ran off.
override	Extend over; overlap. You can override the cut out by releasing the switch.
raze	Completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement. Villages were razed to the ground.
remove	Remove from a position or an office. Remove a wrapper.
repeal	Cancel officially. The House voted in favour of repeal.
rescind	Revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement. The government eventually rescinded the directive.
rescission	The act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made. The plaintiff agreed to the rescission of the agreement.
ruthlessly	Without pity or compassion for others. They fell prey to money lenders who ruthlessly exploited them.
stump	Use a stump on a drawing line etc. Education chiefs were stumped by some of the exam questions.
uproot	Pull up by or as if by the roots. The elephant s trunk is powerful enough to uproot trees.