- present participle of annihilate.
annihilating
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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
But Ginsberg cautioned that dehumanization “didn't propose a compassion or tenderness or mutual involvement or Buddha nature as an alternative. It proposed a complete annihilating void and nothingness.”
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025
This can see insect species proliferate, annihilating many plant species.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024
It started with Yordan Alvarez annihilating a 1-1 fastball, sending a low line drive like a Tiger Woods’ 1-iron over the wall in deep right-center.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
I know these two plots will come together like matter and antimatter, annihilating me in the explosion, but I see no way out.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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