Annihilate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 消灭
• ［英］ v. 消灭 ( to destroy completely; demolish)
• ［记］ an+nihil ( 无) +ate -> 消灭
• ［同］ 派生词: annihilation （n. 灭绝, 消灭） 同根词: nihilism ( 虚无) ;nihil ( 虚无)
• ［例］ The leaders of the country try to annihilate poverty.

Webster Collegiate

verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Late Latin annihilatus, past participle of annihilare to reduce to nothing, from Latin ad- + nihil nothing — more at nil
• Date: 1525
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cause to be of no effect ; nullify
    • b. to destroy the substance or force of
  • 2. to regard as of no consequence
  • 3. to cause to cease to exist; especially kill
  • 4.
    • a. to destroy a considerable part of bombs annihilated the city ; to vanquish completely ; routannihilated the visitors 56-0
  • 5. to cause (a particle and its antiparticle) to vanish by annihilating
• intransitive verb
  • of a particle and its antiparticle to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (as photons)
• • annihilation noun
• • annihilator noun
• • annihilatory adjective

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