annihilating
annihilating adjective: causing annihilation; devastating. Also the present participle and gerund of annihilate.
Adjective
annihilating (comparative more annihilating, superlative most annihilating)
- Causing annihilation; devastating.
- The Doctor received a very unfriendly, and the godson, who stood as if turned to stone, a very annihilating glance.1841, “Lorenzo Stark: Or, A German Merchant of the Old School”, in The Monthly Chronicle, volume 2, page 530
- The thought of time, to me at least, is a very overpowering and often a very annihilating one for energy: Time rushing on, unbroken, irresistible, hurrying the worlds and the ages into being, and out of it, and making our 'noisy years seem moments in the being of the eternal Silence.'1866, Stopford Augustus Brooke, Life and Letters of F. W. Robertson, page 257
Also used as
annihilating is also the present participle and gerund of annihilate.
Forms of annihilating
| comparative | more annihilating |
|---|---|
| superlative | most annihilating |
Words formed from annihilating
Questions about annihilating
- What does annihilating mean?
- Annihilating means causing annihilation; devastating.
- What part of speech is annihilating?
- Annihilating is an adjective.
Words near annihilating in the dictionary
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