Meaning & use
annihilated
Destroyed completely and utterly, leaving nothing behind.
See it in a sentence
The old warehouse was annihilated by the fire within a matter of hours.
Our team was annihilated in the final, losing the match by more than forty points.
A note on using this word
Annihilated is often used informally and hyperbolically for a crushing defeat, not just literal destruction.
Words with a similar meaning
destroyedobliterated
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Words with an opposite meaning
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