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

devastating

vsannihilatory

307 5.1

Causing very great damage or sadness

refers to complete destruction rather than severe but partial harm

D

destructive

vsannihilatory

236 4.2

Causing great damage or harm

is narrower focusing on complete destruction rather than general damage tendency

R

ravaging

vsannihilatory

2 7.4

Making people, places, or things suffer very severe damage

means total end rather than prolonged consuming damage

A

annihilating

vsannihilatory

• NSFW

1 7.8

Something that causes complete destruction or total defeat

emphasizes total destruction as core not partial damage

E

exterminatory

vsannihilatory

1 9.1

Intended to destroy things completely

highlights total destruction as main meaning not limited intent

A

annihilative

vsannihilatory

1 9.9

Something that destroys completely, like a powerful bomb

stresses total eliminating power rather than mere harm

C

cataclysmal

vsannihilatory

1 9.9

Causing very large, sudden destruction that changes a place

denotes total destruction but with less focus on sudden massive upheaval

O

obliterative

vsannihilatory

9.1

Causing complete destruction so nothing is left

focuses on total removal instead of general damaging effects

How Destructive

annihilatory

1 8.9

destructive

236 4.2

damaging

126 3.1

harmless

214 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology