annihilating Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb kill in large numbers
   annihilate; carry off; decimate; eliminate; wipe out; extinguish; eradicate.
   
   • the plague wiped out an entire population
2. adjective satellite wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
   withering; devastating; annihilative.
   
   • possessing annihilative power
   • a devastating hurricane
   • the guns opened a withering fire
3. adjective satellite making light of
   withering; devastating.
   
   • afire with annihilating invective
   • a devastating portrait of human folly
   • to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert

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