All 3 Uses of
annihilate
in
Middlemarch
- I am thinking of the sort of figure I cut the first time I saw you, when you annihilated my poor sketch with your criticism.†
Chpt 2 *
- Will only thought of giving a good pinch that would annihilate that vaunted laboriousness, and was unable to imagine the mode in which Dorothea would be wounded.†
Chpt 2
- Will, however, having given that annihilating pinch, was rather ashamed, imagining from Dorothea's silence that he had offended her still more; and having also a conscience about plucking the tail-feathers from a benefactor.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(annihilate) to completely destroy or defeat