Annihilate and Devour

Annihilate

Annihilate verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success

Devour is a synonym for annihilate. In some cases you can use "Devour" instead a verb "Annihilate".

Nearby Words: annihilation, annihilating

Devour

Devour verb - To destroy all trace of.
Usage example: a series of devastating storms devoured the beach on the south side of the island

Annihilate is a synonym for devour in destroy topic. Sometimes you can use "Annihilate" instead a verb "Devour", if it concerns topics such as swallow.

Nearby Words: devouring, devourment

Common collocations

soul annihilate soul devour soul
power annihilate power devour power
force annihilate force devour force
life annihilate life devour life
Other words: people, mankind, race, time, universe, earth, world, planet, anyone, enemy, everyone, humans, enemies, planets.
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