noun
- a person or thing that completely destroys or eliminates something
- an element in mathematics that when multiplied by another element yields zero
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- The new weapon was designed to be the ultimate annihilator of enemy forces.
- Time can be an annihilator of even the strongest memories.
- The virus acted as an annihilator of the computer’s data files.
- In algebra, zero is a common annihilator in multiplication.
- The storm was an annihilator of crops throughout the region.
- Critics called the new policy an annihilator of small businesses.