annihilate

The miracle of our species isn’t that we annihilate each other, it’s that we cooperate at all.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

"Dark matter could straightforwardly be two different particles, and the two different particles need to find each other in order to annihilate."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2026

Self-proclaimed experts usually attract trouble through hubris, though I’ve seen bank traders and hedge fund managers annihilate themselves with slavish beliefs in trading ranges.

From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026

I am covering this game for Radio 5 Live and part of me is thinking that Liverpool are going to click soon and just absolutely annihilate someone.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

Knowing his label provided him with both comfort and courage, he believed that to name an evil was to neutralize if not annihilate it.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

“She annihilates people on the steep pitch that’s like a sheet of ice,” Street said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

“It annihilates any hope we have left,” said Paul Naggear, an activist for the families of the blast victims and the father of a 3-year-old who died in the blast.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

Meanwhile, deforestation, which annihilates the fungi along with their host trees, disrupts this whole underground, climate change-fighting ecosystem.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022

Today’s most serious problem, which annihilates thoughtfulness about all others, is that a significant portion of the intelligentsia — the lumpen intelligentsia — cannot think.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2020

Also, this sort of farming annihilates the soil.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Liz Bentley, the chief executive of Britain's Royal Meteorological Society, predicted that existing UK heat records for June would be "annihilated" -- as had already happened in May.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

That this curiosity translates to cold, hard cash is fantastic news in the streaming era, when Netflix, Hulu and the like have all but annihilated the theatrical mid-budget film.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026

He annihilated the Carthaginians and Numidians standing in his way, which forced Hannibal to retreat from southern Italy to fight what each man hoped would be “a final battle” at Zama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025

Two brand-new 737 Max airliners crashing in 2018 and 2019 annihilated public trust in Boeing, and the company has struggled to find its footing ever since.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025

Seabiscuit annihilated the field, breaking the track record while carrying 130 pounds, two more than War Admiral had lugged in the Pimlico Special.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The Jewish holiday Purim celebrates their triumph roughly 2,500 years ago over a minister to the king bent on annihilating the empire’s Jews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

They had to engineer the good T-cells to hunt the bad ones without the treatment annihilating itself.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

Early on, researchers suspected that dark matter particles migh t be colliding and annihilating each other, creating intense bursts of radiation.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2025

It’s a new position that requires different footwork, hand-and-eye coordination and other techniques all while trying to keep strong and speedy edge rushers from annihilating their quarterback.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

“Suck” is an especially satisfying word, especially annihilating.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood