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nihilist

English

Etymology

From Latin nihil (nothing) +? -ist.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?na??l?st/, /?ni??l?st/

Noun

nihilist (plural nihilists)

  1. (philosophy, religion) A person who accepts or champions nihilism.
  2. An absolute skeptic; a person who believes in the truth of nothing.

Translations


Romanian

Etymology

From French nihiliste

Noun

nihilist m (plural nihili?ti)

  1. nihilist

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (Bosnian, Serbian): nihìlista

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nix?list/
  • Hyphenation: ni?hi?list

Noun

nihìlist m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

  1. nihilist

Declension

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annihilate

English

Etymology

From Latin annihil? (I reduce to nothing), from ad (to) + nihil (nothing).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??na??.le?t/

Verb

annihilate (third-person singular simple present annihilates, present participle annihilating, simple past and past participle annihilated)

  1. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
    An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
  2. (particle physics) To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).
  3. (archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.
  4. (transitive) To render null and void; to abrogate.

Synonyms

  • (to reduce to nothing): benothing, destroy, eradicate, extinguish
  • See also Thesaurus:destroy

Antonyms

  • (to reduce to nothing): create, generate

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • annihilate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • annihilate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

annihil?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of annihil?

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