annihilate

verb5

1. •
   To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

   • An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
2. •
   To render null and void; to abrogate.
3. •
   To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).
4. •
   To cause to become zero by means of an annihilator operator.
5. •
   (no longer used) To treat as worthless, to vilify.

   • of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us. — 1603