Both Uses
annihilate
in
A Death in the Family
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- And Joel, with his mouth fallen open, wheeled upon his sister and stared at her; and she avoided his eyes, saying to herself, No, No, and protect her, O God, protect Thy poor child and give her strength; and Andrew, his face locked in a murderer's grimace, continued the furious and annihilating words which were bursting within him to be spoken, groaned within himself, God, if You exist, come here and let me spit in Your face.†
Chpt 11
- She felt at once calm and annihilating emptiness, and a cold and overwhelming fullness.†
Chpt 12 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(annihilate) to completely destroy or defeat
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)