annihilatory

Examples

• All

• The bomb's annihilatory power left nothing but rubble in its wake.

• I mean that the compulsive pleasure of such reading is a pleasure taken in the explosive assumption of an auto-annihilatory self-image.

  Academic text (1995)

• The annihilatory force of the tsunami destroyed everything along the coast.

Synonyms

D

destructive

vsannihilatory

243 4.2

Causing great damage or harm

is narrower focusing on complete destruction rather than general damage tendency

D

devastating

vsannihilatory

224 5.1

Causing very great damage or sadness

refers to complete destruction rather than severe but partial harm

A

annihilating

vsannihilatory

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7.8

Something that causes complete destruction or total defeat

emphasizes total destruction as core not partial damage

A

annihilative

vsannihilatory

9.9

Something that destroys completely, like a powerful bomb

stresses total eliminating power rather than mere harm

O

obliterative

vsannihilatory

9.1

Causing complete destruction so nothing is left

focuses on total removal instead of general damaging effects

E

exterminatory

vsannihilatory

9.1

Intended to destroy things completely

highlights total destruction as main meaning not limited intent

C

cataclysmal

vsannihilatory

9.9

Causing very large, sudden destruction that changes a place

denotes total destruction but with less focus on sudden massive upheaval

R

ravaging

vsannihilatory

7.4

Making people, places, or things suffer very severe damage

means total end rather than prolonged consuming damage

How Destructive

annihilatory

8.9

destructive

243 4.2

damaging

80 3.1

harmless

231 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology