Annihilate vs Trounce - What's the difference?
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As verbs the difference between annihilate and trounce is that annihilate is to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate while trounce is to win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily.
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
Related terms
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* annihilation
* annihilative
* annihilator
* annihilable
* annul
* null
* nullify
* nihilism
* nihilist
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trounce English
Verb
( trounc)
to win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily
- The Mexican team trounced the Americans by 10 goals to 1.
to punish
to beat severely; thrash
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