annihilate uh-NYE-uh-layt verb WS #3

to destroy completely, reducing to nonexistence; to defeat utterly or decisively

1. Our basketball team annihilated the visiting team.
2. The new policy will annihilate any chance of economic recovery.
3. The meteor impact is believed to have annihilated the dinosaurs.
4. His argument annihilated all opposition in the debate.
5. The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.