# annihilate vs annihilated

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### annihilate
*verb · IPA /əˈnaɪ.ə.leɪt/ · frequency rank #33,513*
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

### annihilated
*adjective · frequency rank #29,914*
Having been utterly destroyed.

## Source
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