- present participle of annihilate.
annihilating
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Siegel compared this to humans intentionally annihilating a group of single-celled organisms in Europa's sub-surface oceans.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2023
I know these two plots will come together like matter and antimatter, annihilating me in the explosion, but I see no way out.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
