annihilating

əˈnaɪəˌleɪtɪŋ
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Translation of annihilating into German

Adjective

1.

destruction

causing complete destruction or devastation
  • The annihilating storm left the town in ruins.Der vernichtende Sturm hinterließ die Stadt in Trümmern.
2.

attitude

Rare
making light of a situation or reducing its seriousness
Rare
verharmlosend bagatellisierend entschärfend
  • His annihilating humor defused the tense meeting.Sein verharmlosender Humor entschärfte das angespannte Meeting.
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Synonyms and analogies of annihilating in English

Examples of annihilating in a sentence

  • An annihilating force swept through the battlefield.
  • Her annihilating sarcasm left him speechless.
  • The critic's annihilating review crushed the director's hopes.
annihilate
əˈnaɪəˌleɪt
Verb
1.

total defeat

tr.
totally defeat someone in a contest
tr.
  • Our team annihilated the opponents in the final match.Unser Team hat die Gegner im Endspiel vernichtet.
2.

complete destruction

tr.
destroy something completely leaving nothing
tr.
  • The hurricane annihilated the small coastal town.Der Hurrikan vernichtete die kleine Küstenstadt.
3.

particle physics

tr./intr.TECH.
react with antimatter producing gamma radiation
tr./intr.TECH.
vernichten annihilieren zerstrahlen
  • The particles annihilate when they meet their antimatter counterparts.Die Teilchen vernichten sich, wenn sie auf ihre Antimaterie-Gegenstücke treffen.

Translations of "annihilating" in Context ordered by category and frequency

dasVernichten

and the only thing we're likely to accomplish is annihilating each other.

Wir schaffen nur eins: uns gegenseitig zu vernichten.

Boyd emphasized that strategy should always revolve around changing the enemy's behavior, not annihilating his forces.

Boyd hob hervor, dass Strategie sich immer um das Verhalten des Feindes drehen und seine Kräfte nicht vernichten sollte.

Adjective
vernichtendadj.

Public censure in the spoken and written opinions of the experts has been annihilating.

Die öffentliche Kritik der Experten in Wort und Schrift ist vernichtend.

Her words had an annihilating effect on his confidence during the meeting.

Ihre Worte hatten während des Treffens einen vernichtenden Effekt auf sein Selbstvertrauen.

vernichtetadj.

But the ruling class, which can no longer protect the exploited classes, is annihilating itself.

Aber die herrschende Klasse, die nicht mehr für den Schutz der ausgebeuteten Klassen sorgen kann, vernichtet sich selbst.

Is there any greater act of terrorism than the act of annihilating the people of Syria?

Gibt es einen größeren Akt des Terrorismus, als den Akt, der die Menschen in Syrien vernichtet?

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  • Vernichtung

annihilating: Examples and translations in context

Who could stop the djinn from annihilating everything then?

Wer könnte in dem Fall den Dämon davon abhalten, alles zu vernichten?

capable of annihilating planets and civilizations,

die ganze Planeten und Zivilisationen vernichten kann.

The annihilating blast wiped out everything within a five-mile radius.

Die vernichtende Explosion zerstörte alles im Umkreis von fünf Meilen.

The annihilating swarm of locusts devastated the entire crop yield.

Der vernichtende Schwarm von Heuschrecken vernichtete die gesamte Ernte.

Mercilessly honest, the annihilating judgment is imposed.

Gnadenlos ehrlich, wird das vernichtende Urteil verhängt.

The evil one resembled the annihilating fire from which he appeared.

Der Böse glich in dem vernichtenden Feuer, aus dem er stammt.

They faced an annihilating defeat in the championship game.

Sie erlitten eine vernichtende Niederlage im Meisterschaftsspiel.

Because this is an annihilating force that hates our guts.

Denn das ist eine vernichtende Kraft, die uns bis in die Seele hasst.

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