annihilate
/əˈnaɪəleɪt/verb
with obj.
1- destroy utterly; obliterate毁灭; 摧毁：
a simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all
一枚简单的这类炸弹就能将他们全部毁灭
a crusade to annihilate evil.
消灭邪恶的运动。
1.1
- defeat utterly彻底击溃：
the stronger force annihilated its opponent virtually without loss.
那支更强大的军队实际上丝毫未损就把对手打败了。
1.2
- Physics convert (a subatomic particle) into radiant energy.【物理】使（亚原子粒子）湮没, 湮灭。
派生词
annihilator
noun词源
late Middle English （originally as an adjective meaning 'destroyed， annulled'）： from late Latin annihilatus 'reduced to nothing'， from the verb annihilare, from ad- 'to' + nihil 'nothing'. The sense 'destroy utterly' dates from the mid 16th cent.