Killing ends when the thing you are killing (your sworn enemy, all hope, a pesky mosquito) is dead. Annihilate goes farther when you annihilate something, you wipe all trace of it from the earth.
To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
Verb
kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
v. t.
To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the
existence of; to cause to cease to be.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
a.
Annihilated.
Annihilate
It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated.2.
Annihilate
To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.
Anhilated.
Usage Examples
Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection.
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Other Usage ExamplesWhat could become a danger to world peace is Iran's nuclear program and the country's open threat to annihilate Israel.