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annihilate

[uh-nahy-uh-leyt] / əˈnaɪ əˌleɪt /


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Inherited with life,    Belief but once can be; Annihilate a single clause,    And Being's beggary.

From Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Dickinson, Emily

Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence.

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin

Cover the gloomy rock where I— Ha! thunder Annihilate thee, accursed thought, that darest Disturb the Skoldung where to rest he’s flung him!

From The Death of Balder by Borrow, George Henry

O Samas! may my prayer bring me sweet rest, And may my Lord his favor grant to me: Annihilate the things that me invest!

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

Inherited with life,   Belief but once can be; Annihilate a single clause,   And Being's beggary.

From Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series by Todd, Mabel Loomis




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