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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
- Example: "possessing annihilative power"
- Example: "a devastating hurricane"
- Example: "the guns opened a withering fire"
[syn: annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering]

2. making light of;
- Example: "afire with annihilating invective"
- Example: "a devastating portrait of human folly"
- Example: "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
[syn: annihilating, devastating, withering]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

annihilating \annihilating\ adj. criticising vehemently and effectively; making light of; as, afire with annihilating invective. Syn: devastating, withering. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

annihilating adj 1: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering] 2: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn: annihilating, devastating, withering]