English-Thai Dictionary

annihilate

VT ทำลาย  ทำลายล้าง  ถอนรากถอนโคน  demolish destroy tham-lai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANNIHILATE

v.t.[L. ad and nihilum, nothing, of ne, not, and hilum, a trifle. ] 1. To reduce to nothing; to destroy the existence of.
No human power can annihilate matter.
2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting and carrying away the trees, though the timber may still exist; to annihilate a house by demolishing the structure.

 

ANNIHILATED

pp. Reduced to nothing; destroyed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANNIHILATE

An *ni "hi *late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n.Annihilating. ] Etym: [L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum ) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row. ]

 

1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon.

 

2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To annihilate the army. " Macaulay.

 

3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc. , of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.

 

ANNIHILATE

ANNIHILATE An *ni "hi *late, a.

 

Defn: Anhilated. [Archaic ] Swift.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

annihilate

an ni hi late |əˈnī -əˌlāt əˈnaɪəˌleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] destroy utterly; obliterate: a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all | a crusade to annihilate evil. • defeat utterly: the stronger force annihilated its opponent virtually without loss. • Physics convert (a subatomic particle ) into radiant energy. DERIVATIVES an ni hi la tor |-ˌlātər |noun, an ni hi la tion |əˌnīəˈlāSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning ‘destroyed, annulled ’): from late Latin annihilatus ‘reduced to nothing, ’ from the verb annihilare, from ad- ‘to ’ + nihil ‘nothing. ’ The verb sense ‘destroy utterly ’ dates from the mid 16th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

annihilate

annihilate |əˈnʌɪɪleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 destroy utterly; obliterate: a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all | a crusade to annihilate evil. • defeat utterly: the stronger force annihilated its opponent virtually without loss. 2 Physics convert (a subatomic particle ) into radiant energy. DERIVATIVES annihilator noun ORIGIN late Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning ‘destroyed, annulled ’): from late Latin annihilatus ‘reduced to nothing ’, from the verb annihilare, from ad- ‘to ’ + nihil ‘nothing ’. The sense ‘destroy utterly ’ dates from the mid 16th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

annihilate

annihilate verb an ungodly tornado touched down, annihilating everything in its path: destroy, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth; eliminate, liquidate, defeat. ANTONYMS create. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See destroy . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

annihilate

annihilate verb this was an attempt to annihilate an entire people: destroy, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, kill, slaughter, exterminate, eliminate, liquidate, eradicate, extinguish, finish off, erase, root out, extirpate; informal take out, rub out, snuff out, zap, waste. ANTONYMS create, build, establish.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

annihilate

an ni hi late /əná (ɪ )əlèɪt / (!( -nihi-は /-na (ɪ )ə /)) 動詞 他動詞 1 〈敵など 〉を全滅 [絶滅 ]させる .2 (試合 選挙などで )〈相手 〉を完敗させる, 打ち負かす .3 〘物理 〙〈粒子 〉を対 （つい ）消滅させる .an n í hi l à tor 名詞