Synonyms for annihilative
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uh-nahy-uh-leyt |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈnaɪ əˌleɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for annihilative Other synonyms for the word annihilative
- annihilating
- annihilative
- baleful
- baneful
- cancerous
- consumptive
- cutthroat
- deleterious
- depleting
- destructive
- dilapidated
- draining
- eradicative
- evil
- exhausting
- extirpative
- extravagant
- fateful
- fell
- harmful
- hurtful
- immoderate
- impoverishing
- injurious
- internecine
- lethal
- lethiferous
- mortal
- murderous
- noisome
- noxious
- pernicious
- pestiferous
- pestilential
- ramshackle
- ruinous
- rundown
- shattering
- slaughterous
- suicidal
- toxic
- unfortunate
- venomous
- wasteful
- withering
- wrackful
- wreckful
Définition of annihilative
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.
- As in ruinous : adj disastrous, devastating
- As in withering : adj devastating
- As in tumbledown : adj ruinous
- As in destructive : adj injurious, devastating
- Careless, ignorant, annihilative, is the term to be applied to 75% of the fire losses.
- Extract from : « Health, Happiness, and Longevity » by Louis Philippe McCarty
Antonyms for annihilative
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