Definitions for annihilating

Overview of verb annihilate

The verb annihilate has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off

(kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population")

Overview of adj annihilating

The adj annihilating has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering

(wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire")

2. annihilating, devastating, withering

(making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert)