<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city</li><li>Synonyms: demolish, obliterate, smash, desolate, devastate, ravage</li><li>to destroy the collective existence or main body of; wipe out: to annihilate an army</li><li>Synonyms: demolish, obliterate, smash</li><li>to annul; make void: to annihilate a law</li><li>to cancel the effect of; nullify</li><li>to defeat completely; vanquish: Our basketball team annihilated the visiting team</li></ul>