annihilating

verb

1. To cause to cease to exist to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
2. To destroy a considerable part of

   "Bombs annihilated the city."

3. To defeat overwhelmingly rout

   "annihilated the visitors 56–0"

4. To cause to be of no effect nullify

   "a right to freedom that cannot be annihilated"

5. To destroy the substance or force of

   "Fear can annihilate one's confidence."

6. To regard as of no consequence
7. To cause (something, such as a particle and its antiparticle) to vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (such as photons)

   "matter and antimatter annihilate each other"

8. To vanish or cease to exist by coming together and changing into other forms of energy (such as photons)