annihilate
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The miracle of our species isn’t that we annihilate each other, it’s that we cooperate at all.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Self-proclaimed experts usually attract trouble through hubris, though I’ve seen bank traders and hedge fund managers annihilate themselves with slavish beliefs in trading ranges.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
Each particle of matter has an antimatter partner with the same mass but opposite charge, and when they meet, they annihilate into pure energy.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025
I am covering this game for Radio 5 Live and part of me is thinking that Liverpool are going to click soon and just absolutely annihilate someone.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
They spake together, and they made a solemn pact that they should not annihilate each other in phrenzy of self-interest, but live in that place in amity; and thus was founded the city of Thebes.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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