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Antonyms for annihilated

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-nahy-uh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈnaɪ əˌleɪt


Definition of annihilated

Origin :
  • 1520s, from an obsolete adjective meaning "reduced to nothing" (late 14c.), originally the past participle of a verb, anihil, from Old French annichiler (14c.), from Late Latin annihilare "to reduce to nothing," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + nihil "nothing" (see nil). Related: Annihilated; annihilating.
  • verb destroy completely
Example sentences :
  • I desire, I implore to be crushed, to be annihilated by your vengeance!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • But even here, where distinction seems most annihilated, it yet remains.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • It was not sufficient that he should kill that one with a knife-thrust, it must be annihilated.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • My will was annihilated; not a fiber of flesh obeyed my bidding.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • Stop the rotation, and the atom would be annihilated for the same reason.
  • Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
  • Whence the conclusion is that the souls of men are not annihilated by death.
  • Extract from : « Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates » by Plato
  • Everybody extinguished their tapers, and the power of the demon was annihilated.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • The First Corps was thus compelled to follow, or be annihilated.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • If a glance could have annihilated any man, his would have finished me.
  • Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
  • It was rank folly to press on; the party would be annihilated.
  • Extract from : « The Death-Traps of FX-31 » by Sewell Peaslee Wright

Synonyms for annihilated

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