annihilate
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When matter and antimatter meet, they annihilate each other in a burst of energy.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 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
In their mutually reinforcing preparations to annihilate one another, erase the past and foreclose the possibility of future generations, he concluded, “the superpowers have dutifully embraced this legacy…Adolf Hitler lives on.”
From Salon • Aug. 14, 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
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
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