v. 消灭；废止；摧毁（annihilate的ing形式）

Annihilate \An*ni"hi*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annihilated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Annihilating}.] [L. annihilare; ad +
nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread,
nothing at all. Cf. {File}, a row.]
1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.

It impossible for any body to be utterly
annihilated. --Bacon.

2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of,
so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to
annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. ``To
annihilate the army.'' --Macaulay.

3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a
thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc.,
of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.

annihilating \annihilating\ adj.
criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as,
afire with annihilating invective.

Syn: devastating, withering.
[WordNet 1.5]