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Adjective annihilating has 2 senses

annihilative, annihilating, devastating, withering - wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
Antonym: constructive (indirect, via destructive)
annihilating, devastating, withering - making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
Antonym: respectful (indirect, via disrespectful)

Verb annihilate has 1 sense

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
--₁ is one way to kill

Derived forms: noun annihilation₂, noun annihilation₁, noun annihilator₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody