- 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
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
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
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
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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