Annihilate

Synonyms for "annihilate" (183 found)

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Related words (91)

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Related terms

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Translations

89 translations across 40 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • أَفْنَى verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • məhv etmək verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • yox etmək verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • зні́шчыць verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • зніштажа́ць verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • знішто́жыць verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • знішча́ць verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • анихилирам verb ((physics) to react with antimatter)
  • изтребвам verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • унищожавам verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Catalan

3 entries
  • anihilar verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • aniquilar verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • anul·lar verb ((mathematics) to cause to become zero)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • لەناوبردن verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 殲滅 /歼灭 verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • 毁灭 verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • 湮灭 verb ((physics) to react with antimatter)

Cornish

1 entries
  • gordhristrui verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Czech

1 entries
  • vyhladit verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Danish

2 entries
  • annihilere verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • tilintetgøre verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vernietigen verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • neniigi verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Finnish

2 entries
  • annihiloitua verb ((physics) to react with antimatter)
  • hävittää verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

French

4 entries
  • annihiler verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • annihiler verb ((mathematics) to cause to become zero)
  • anéantir verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • réduire à néant verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

German

1 entries
  • vernichten verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Greek

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  • εκμηδενίζω verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הִשְׁמִיד verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • חִסֵּל verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megsemmisít verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • tortíma verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Ido

1 entries
  • nihiligar verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Italian

2 entries
  • annichilire verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • annientare verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 撲滅する verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • 根刮ぎにする verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • 根絶する verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • 殲滅する verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Latin

2 entries
  • annihilō verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • dēleō verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ഉന്മൂലനം ചെയ്യുക verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • നശിപ്പിക്കുക verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Māori

2 entries
  • urupatu verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • whakamōtī verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • annihilere verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • annihilere verb ((physics) to react with antimatter)
  • tilintetgjøre verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Old English

1 entries
  • adilgian verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • افنا ایتمك verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • قازیمق verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Persian

2 entries
  • از بین بردن verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • نابود کردن verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Polish

4 entries
  • anihilować verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • anihilować verb ((physics) to react with antimatter)
  • unicestwiać verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • unicestwić verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • aniquilar verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • aniquilar verb ((physics) to react with antimatter)
  • anular verb ((mathematics) to cause to become zero)

Romanian

1 entries
  • anihila verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Russian

4 entries
  • аннигилировать verb ((physics) to react with antimatter)
  • истреби́ть verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • истребля́ть verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • уничто́жить verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Spanish

3 entries
  • anihilar verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • aniquilar verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • anular verb ((mathematics) to cause to become zero)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förgöra verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • förinta verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • tillintetgöra verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • utplåna verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Thai

4 entries
  • กวาดล้าง verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • ถอนรากถอนโคน verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • ทำลาย verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • ทำลายล้าง verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Turkish

2 entries
  • mahvetmek verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • yok etmek verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • зни́щити verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • зни́щувати verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Welsh

2 entries
  • diddymu verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)
  • difodi verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿאַרטיליקן verb (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In the end, one always ends up wishing to annihilate one's fellow man. Therein lies the sad fate of humanity.

Source: tatoeba (573564)

The United States needed ten years of war in order to annihilate Iraq and divide it.

Source: tatoeba (2431701)

The United States cannot win a war against a big and strong country. It can only annihilate a weak and relatively small country like Serbia or Iraq. It can also win a war in less than 24 hours against a tiny island like Grenada.

Source: tatoeba (2435490)

Bush didn't send troops to annihilate other countries.

Source: tatoeba (2575867)

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