reduce+to+nothing

  • 21annihilate — [16] Annihilate comes from the past participle of the late Latin verb annihilāre, meaning literally ‘reduce to nothing’ (a formation based on the noun nihil ‘nothing’, source of English nihilism and nil). There was actually an earlier English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22adnihilare — /aednay(h)aleriy/ In old English law, to annul; to make void; to reduce to nothing; to treat as nothing; to hold as or for nought …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23adnihilare — /aednay(h)aleriy/ In old English law, to annul; to make void; to reduce to nothing; to treat as nothing; to hold as or for nought …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24annul — To nullify; to set at naught; to make void; to reduce to nothing. The word is not a technical word and there is nothing which prevents the idea conveyed by it from being expressed in equivalent words. Woodson v Skinner, 22 Mo 13, 24 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 25annihilate — [16] Annihilate comes from the past participle of the late Latin verb annihilāre, meaning literally ‘reduce to nothing’ (a formation based on the noun nihil ‘nothing’, source of English nihilism and nil). There was actually an earlier English… …

    Word origins

  • 26Fritter — Frit ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. [1913 Webster] 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. [1913 Webster] Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27Frittered — Fritter Frit ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. [1913 Webster] 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. [1913 Webster] Break all nerves, and fritter all their …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Frittering — Fritter Frit ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. [1913 Webster] 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. [1913 Webster] Break all nerves, and fritter all their …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29To fritter away — Fritter Frit ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. [1913 Webster] 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. [1913 Webster] Break all nerves, and fritter all their …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30annul — transitive verb (annulled; annulling) Etymology: Middle English annullen, from Anglo French annuller, from Late Latin annullare, from Latin ad + nullus not any more at null Date: 15th century 1. to reduce to nothing ; obliterate …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

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