Annihilate
Annihilate verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: the tornado simply annihilated the family's home
Harm and annihilate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Harm" instead a verb "Annihilate".
Nearby Words: annihilation, annihilating
Harm
Harm verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting
Annihilate and harm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Annihilate" instead a verb "Harm".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In the fantasy setting of Warhammer, the Beastmen are a bunch of murderous, psychotic savages who want to spitefully annihilate civilisation and so they have few rules, but one of them is never harm a shaman.
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Harm and Annihilate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/annihilate/harm
Annihilate & Harm. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/annihilate/harm>.
Harm or Annihilate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/annihilate/harm.
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