annihilate vs shoot down

annihilate

verb
  • To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. 

  • To render null and void; to abrogate. 

  • To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos). 

shoot down

verb
  • To criticize a (request) to the point of preclusion. 

  • To cause to fall by shooting. 

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