- present participle of annihilate.
annihilating
Example Sentences
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They had to engineer the good T-cells to hunt the bad ones without the treatment annihilating itself.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025
This can see insect species proliferate, annihilating many plant species.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2024
Siegel compared this to humans intentionally annihilating a group of single-celled organisms in Europa's sub-surface oceans.
From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023
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
He had expected Carter to blitz and instead the big guard had pulled back and skirted the line, annihilating Jerry from behind.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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