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US
/əˈnaɪəˌɫeɪtɪŋ/
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[ UK /ɐnˈaɪəlˌeɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɐnˈaɪəlˌeɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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making light of
a devastating portrait of human folly
afire with annihilating invective
to compliments inflated I've a withering reply -
wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
possessing annihilative power
the guns opened a withering fire
a devastating hurricane
How To Use annihilating In A Sentence
- Any one of these could destroy a city - annihilating hundreds of thousands of people in the process.
- Besides annihilating about 40,000 homes, the worst natural disaster in memory destroyed countless businesses and jobs.
- No wonder a Syrian general referred to annihilating an enemy as “smashing his belly”! The Trojan War
- The brothers sprawled in the annihilating heat under the trees.
- I'm not sure if the anti-matter and matter particles annihilating each other produces some kind of energy.
- Max's head obliquely by the terrible sweep of a "moulinet," made to break the force of the annihilating stroke Max aimed at him. The Two Brothers
- afire with annihilating invective
- After a long and bloody battle the army succeeded in annihilating Seged's forces.
- Three years ago, the last time we experienced the stomach-churning spectacle of stock markets swiftly annihilating trillions of dollars in household wealth, the unknowns were at the center of the fear. Peter S. Goodman: No Secrets In America's Latest Economic Crisis: Weak Economies, Weak Leaders
- They let their separate selves burn away like so many thousands of matches, annihilating themselves in an all-consuming transcendence. THE BROKEN GOD