transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈnī-ə-ˌlāt ]
verb
( -lat·ed ; -lat·ing )
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 : rout
annihilated 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)
• an·ni·hi·la·tion -ˌnī-ə-ˈlā-shən noun
• an·ni·hi·la·tor -ˌlā-tər noun
• an·ni·hi·la·to·ry -ˈnī-ə-lə-ˌtȯr-ē adjective