how to pronounce annihilate

/əˈnaɪ.ə.lɛɪt/

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annihilate is pronounced in four syllables

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ənaɪəlɛɪt

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An example use of annihilate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Berlin with my guide leav annihilate and …”

meanings of annihilate

verb:

  1. To render null and void; to abrogate.
  2. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
  3. To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation.
  4. To treat as worthless, to vilify.

annihilate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word annihilate occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics annihilate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that annihilate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to annihilate

violatenitratenihilistisolateinsulatefirelight

words that rhyme with annihilate

violate

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