annihilate

Example Sentences

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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

Unlike all those other Aronofsky characters, who must annihilate themselves in search of absolution or perfection, Hank will probably be okay.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2025

The spokesperson added: "We stand ready to annihilate Ms Pisciotta's tall tales before a jury − an exoneration so inevitable that even she, lost in her fog of fantasy, must surely see it coming."

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2025

Now, one truth about this particular bit of real estate threatens to annihilate the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

But when the tide of war turned against the British, the Continental Congress was able to focus on an offensive to annihilate the Shawnee Nation in the Ohio Country.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz