单词 | annihilative |
释义 | annihilativeadj. Having the quality of annihilating something; tending to or characterized by annihilation; utterly devastating or destructive. Also with of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > annihilating extinctivea1623 annihilating1629 mundicidious1647 erasive1657 uncreating1743 annihilative1764 exterminatory1790 exterminative1884 annihilationist1922 1764 N. Weekes Resurrection 60 Thus ev'ry Particle, tho' long disjoin'd, On hearing its Creator's ruling Voice, A swift mirific Principle assumes, Defeating vile annihilative Proofs. 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 40 255 Darkness [seems]..suppressive or annihilative of life. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. iii. 54 Victory at Prag considered to be much more annihilative than it really was. 1921 E. L. White Andivius Hedulio ii. x. 162 So completely annihilative of his antagonist's pretensions and contentions. 2014 Start (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Life section) 12 A sexual infidelity is devastating, of course, but it may be a less annihilative wound to the relationship [than an emotional affair]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < |
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