Meaning
to annihilate, destroy
- to completely destroy, reduce to nothing, or wipe out
- to overwhelm or crush psychologically or emotionally
In a sentence
La squadra ha annientato gli avversari con un netto quattro a zero.
The team annihilated their opponents with a decisive four-nil win.
Quella notizia terribile ha annientato ogni speranza di successo.
That terrible news wiped out any hope of success.
Il dolore morale rischiava di annientarlo del tutto.
The emotional pain risked crushing him completely.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| annientare | infinitive |
| anniento | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| annienti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| annienta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| annientiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| annientate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| annientano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| annientavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| annientavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| annientava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| annientavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| annientavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| annientavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| annientai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| annientasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| annientò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| annientammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| annientaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| annientarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| annienterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| annienterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| annienterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| annienteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| annienterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| annienteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| annienti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| annienti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| annienti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| annientiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| annientiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| annientino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| annientassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| annientassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| annientasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| annientassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| annientaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| annientassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| annienterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| annienteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| annienterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| annienteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| annientereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| annienterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| annienta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| annientiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| annientate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| annientando | gerund |
| annientato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Stronger than 'distruggere'; implies complete eradication.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses: 'ha annientato'.