annihilate

动词 v.
/əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
    — An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
  2. To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos). particle
  3. To treat as worthless, to vilify. archaic
    — of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us.
  4. To render null and void; to abrogate. transitive
  5. To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator.

词形变化

annihilates present,singular,third-person annihilating participle,present annihilated participle,past annihilated past

词源

Borrowed from Latin annihilātus, perfect passive participle of annihilō (“to reduce to nothing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad (“to”) + nihil (“nothing”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also an-.
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