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Annihilate vs Cutoff - What's the difference?

annihilate | cutoff |

As a verb annihilate

is to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

As a noun cutoff is

the point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.

annihilate

English

Verb

(annihilat)
  • To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
  • An atom bomb can annihilate a whole city.
  • (label) To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation.
  • (archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.
  • *, II.17:
  • of all the opinions which Antiquity hath had of men in gross, those which I most willingly embrace, and whereon I take most hold, are such as most vilifie, condemne, and annihilate us.

    Synonyms

    * (to reduce to nothing) benothing, destroy, eradicate, extinguish * See also

    Antonyms

    * (to reduce to nothing) create, generate

    cutoff

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cut-off

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
  • A road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
  • A device that stops the flow of a current.
  • A cessation in a flow or activity.
  • (poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the preflop in Texas hold 'em.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers
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