annihilate

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

The spokesperson added: "We stand ready to annihilate Ms Pisciotta's tall tales before a jury − an exoneration so inevitable that even she, lost in her fog of fantasy, must surely see it coming."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

Knowing his label provided him with both comfort and courage, he believed that to name an evil was to neutralize if not annihilate it.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

“She annihilates people on the steep pitch that’s like a sheet of ice,” Street said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

“It annihilates any hope we have left,” said Paul Naggear, an activist for the families of the blast victims and the father of a 3-year-old who died in the blast.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

Meanwhile, deforestation, which annihilates the fungi along with their host trees, disrupts this whole underground, climate change-fighting ecosystem.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2022

It shows up unannounced, then annihilates the contours of life until gravity feels capricious — meaning that, when grief isn’t sending us to the floor, it’s floating us outside of our bodies, outside of time.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2021

Also, this sort of farming annihilates the soil.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Let’s take managed-care stocks, which have been annihilated year to date.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

That this curiosity translates to cold, hard cash is fantastic news in the streaming era, when Netflix, Hulu and the like have all but annihilated the theatrical mid-budget film.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026

He annihilated the Carthaginians and Numidians standing in his way, which forced Hannibal to retreat from southern Italy to fight what each man hoped would be “a final battle” at Zama.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025

Two brand-new 737 Max airliners crashing in 2018 and 2019 annihilated public trust in Boeing, and the company has struggled to find its footing ever since.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025

Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated.

From "1984" by George Orwell

But Ginsberg cautioned that dehumanization “didn't propose a compassion or tenderness or mutual involvement or Buddha nature as an alternative. It proposed a complete annihilating void and nothingness.”

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025

This can see insect species proliferate, annihilating many plant species.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024

It’s a new position that requires different footwork, hand-and-eye coordination and other techniques all while trying to keep strong and speedy edge rushers from annihilating their quarterback.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2023

Here, researchers can systematically release the antihydrogen molecules, measuring how many fall down and escape out of the bottom of the trap before annihilating and how many escape out of the top.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023

He had expected Carter to blitz and instead the big guard had pulled back and skirted the line, annihilating Jerry from behind.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier