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
Nearby Words: annihilation, annihilating
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- Similarly, the joint assault that killed Metroid Prime was enough to completely annihilate every trace of its body... save for a single tentacle that'd previously been hacked off... There Are No Therapists: somewhat averted: Tsukasa seems to have taken up this role recently.
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Save and Annihilate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/annihilate/save
Annihilate & Save. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/annihilate/save>.
Save or Annihilate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/annihilate/save.
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