annihilate

The miracle of our species isn’t that we annihilate each other, it’s that we cooperate at all.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 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

However, theory suggests that when two WIMPs collide, they annihilate each other and release energetic particles, including gamma ray photons.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025

When two WIMPs collide, they are expected to annihilate each other, releasing energy that could heat collapsing hydrogen clouds and cause them to shine as brilliant dark stars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2025

But they let it run its course, fulfill itself, and never invented ways either to alter it, to annihilate it or to prevent its happening again.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

“She annihilates people on the steep pitch that’s like a sheet of ice,” Street said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

“It annihilates any hope we have left,” said Paul Naggear, an activist for the families of the blast victims and the father of a 3-year-old who died in the blast.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

Meanwhile, deforestation, which annihilates the fungi along with their host trees, disrupts this whole underground, climate change-fighting ecosystem.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022

It doesn’t build on the work that came before, but annihilates it.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2019

Also, this sort of farming annihilates the soil.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Those two forms of matter should then have annihilated one another, leaving behind energy rather than the matter-filled universe we see today.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Let’s take managed-care stocks, which have been annihilated year to date.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

That this curiosity translates to cold, hard cash is fantastic news in the streaming era, when Netflix, Hulu and the like have all but annihilated the theatrical mid-budget film.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026

They annihilated France but couldn't reproduce anything like that performance in Dublin.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

The entire aquatic crab population was apparently destroyed and the fiddler crabs, all but annihilated, survived temporarily only in patches of marsh evidently missed by the pellets.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

His words have swerved through claims of victory to threats of annihilating Iranian civilisation to support for negotiations.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

This can see insect species proliferate, annihilating many plant species.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024

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