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a. Annihilated. [ Archaic ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating. ] [ L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row. ] 1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be. [ 1913 Webster ]

It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. “To annihilate the army.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 destroyed completely.
Syn. -- exterminated, wiped out(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as, afire with annihilating invective.
Syn. -- devastating, withering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. annihilation. ] 1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being annihilated. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theol.) One who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to annihilate; destructive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Annihilative. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Manioc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] Nothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nihil album [ L., white nothing ] (Chem.), oxide of zinc. See under Zinc. --
Nihil debet [ L., he owes nothing ] (Law), the general issue in certain actions of debt. --
Nihil dicit [ L., he says nothing ] (Law), a declinature by the defendant to plead or answer. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nihil nothing: cf. F. nihilisme. See Annihilate. ] 1. Nothingness; nihility. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The doctrine that nothing can be known; scepticism as to all knowledge and all reality. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Politics) The theories and practices of the Nihilists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. nihiliste. See Nihilism. ] 1. One who advocates the doctrine of nihilism; one who believes or teaches that nothing can be known, or asserted to exist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Politics) A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and social institutions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, nihilism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. nihilité. See Nihilism. ] Nothingness; a state of being nothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Annihilated by one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]