Crossword solutions & Synonyms for
annihilate

7 January 2021
Last seen in: The Mirror Classic

We found 10 answers for the crossword clue 'annihilate', the most recent of which was seen in the The Mirror Classic.

This clue looks to be a standard clue as in it's a NON-CRYPTIC crossword based on the publications in which we have recently seen it.

We have given annihilate a popularity rating of 'Common' because it has featured in a number crossword publications.

As well as being a clue we've also seen annihilate as an answer itself some 20 times.

annihilate is a single word clue made up of 10 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'The Mirror Classic' on Friday, 24 July 2020 with the answer being DESTROY, we also found DESTROY to be the most popular answer for this clue.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• The Mirror Classic - 24 Jul 2020

Definitions and usage

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• Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

Crossword Answers

5 Letters

CRUSH
The act of crushing

7 Letters

DESTROY
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

WIPEOUT
A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

8 Letters

CARRYOFF
Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"

DECIMATE
Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

9 Letters

ELIMINATE
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

ERADICATE
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

10 Letters

EXTINGUISH
Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

OBLITERATE
Reduced to nothingness

11 Letters

EXTERMINATE
Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"