Annihilate and Terminate

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

Terminate and annihilate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Terminate" instead a verb "Annihilate".

Nearby Words: annihilation, annihilating

Terminate

Terminate verb - To put to death deliberately.
Usage example: the operative's covert mission was to terminate the leader of the opposition

Annihilate and terminate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Annihilate" instead a verb "Terminate".

Common collocations

life annihilate life terminate life
entirety annihilate entirety terminate entirety
side annihilate side terminate side
threat annihilate threat terminate threat
Other words: everyone, humans, machines.
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