Both Uses of
annihilate
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- A message sent to all POW camp commanders stated: Whether they are destroyed individually or in groups, or however it is done, with mass bombing, poisonous smoke, poisons, drowning, decapitation, or what, dispose of them as the situation dictates....It is the aim not to allow the escape of a single one, to annihilate them all, and not to leave any traces.†
p. 151.9
- He radioed to Palawan: "Annihilate the 150 prisoners."†
p. 197.3 *
Definition:
to completely destroy or defeat