aniquilar

to annihilate

aniquilar(ah-nee-kee-lahr)

transitive verb

1. (to physically destroy)

a. to annihilate

La legión romana aniquiló a los galos.

The Roman legion annihilated the Gauls.

b. to wipe out

Nuestra artillería aniquiló a las tropas enemigas.

Our artillery wiped out the enemy troops.

c. to destroy

La peste negra aniquiló a un tercio de la población en Europa.

The Black Death destroyed one third of the the population in Europe.

d. to obliterate

Los bombarderos aniquilaron las defensas de la fortaleza.

The bombers obliterated the fortress' defenses.

e. to crush (the rival team)

Alemania aniquiló a Brasil por 7 a 1 y avanzó a la final.

Germany crushed Brazil 7-1 and moved to the final.

2. (to emotionally destroy)

a. to destroy

El candidato conservador aniquiló al socialista en el debate.

The Conservative candidate destroyed his Socialist counterpart in the debate.

b. to crush

Mis padres aniquilaron mi sueño de ser una estrella de rock.

My parents crushed my dream of becoming a rock star.

c. to obliterate

Mi rival en el debate me aniquiló con más hechos y cifras concretas.

My rival in the debate obliterated me with more concrete facts and figures.

aniquilarse

pronominal verb

3. (to worsen)

a. to deteriorate

La salud de mi abuelo se aniquiló y ahora está hospitalizado.

My grandfather's health deteriorated and he is now in the hospital.

b. to decline

El valor de mi propiedad se aniquiló un 13%.

The value of my property declined by 13%.

aniquilar

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. to annihilate, to wipe out

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aniquilar

transitive verb

1 (destruir) [+enemigo] to annihilate; destroy; [+equipo rival] to crush; annihilate

2 (matar) to kill

pronominal verb

aniquilarse

1 (Mil) etc to be annihilated; be wiped out

2 (deteriorarse) to deteriorate; decline; (Med) to waste away; [+riqueza] to be frittered away;