reduce+to+nothing

  • 61annihilator — annihilate ► VERB 1) destroy completely. 2) informal defeat completely. DERIVATIVES annihilation noun annihilator noun. ORIGIN Latin annihilare reduce to nothing …

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  • 62consume — v.tr. 1 eat or drink. 2 completely destroy; reduce to nothing or to tiny particles (fire consumed the building). 3 (as consumed adj.) possessed by or entirely taken up (foll. by with : consumed with rage). 4 use up (time, energy, etc.).… …

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  • 63an|nul´ler — an|nul «uh NUHL», transitive verb, nulled, nul|ling. 1. to do away with; destroy the force of; make void; cancel: »to annul a plan. The judge annulled the contract because one of the signers was too young. SYNONYM(S): abolish, nullify, abrogate.… …

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  • 64an|nul´la|ble — an|nul «uh NUHL», transitive verb, nulled, nul|ling. 1. to do away with; destroy the force of; make void; cancel: »to annul a plan. The judge annulled the contract because one of the signers was too young. SYNONYM(S): abolish, nullify, abrogate.… …

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  • 65an|nul — «uh NUHL», transitive verb, nulled, nul|ling. 1. to do away with; destroy the force of; make void; cancel: »to annul a plan. The judge annulled the contract because one of the signers was too young. SYNONYM(S): abolish, nullify, abrogate. 2. to… …

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  • 66dis|cre|ate — «DIHS kree AYT», transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. to undo (anything created); reduce to nothing; annihilate: »Thou hast set thine hand to unmake and discreate (Algernon Charles Swinburne) …

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  • 67aneantize — adapted spelling of the earlier anentise, anientise v. Obs., to reduce to nothing, conformed to mod.Fr. anéantir …

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  • 68iron by hydrogen — Reduce Re*duce (r[ e]*d[=u]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} ( d[=u]st ),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} ( d[=u] s[i^]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red . re , re + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to …

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  • 69Reduced — Reduce Re*duce (r[ e]*d[=u]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} ( d[=u]st ),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} ( d[=u] s[i^]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red . re , re + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to …

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  • 70Reduced iron — Reduce Re*duce (r[ e]*d[=u]s ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reduced} ( d[=u]st ),; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reducing} ( d[=u] s[i^]ng).] [L. reducere, reductum; pref. red . re , re + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Redoubt}, n.] 1. To bring or lead back to …

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