• Jax@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Incorrect, annihilate means to utterly destroy.

    Eliminate means to completely remove or get rid of something. Eliminations can be violent, but you could also be eliminated from a baking competition — aggression of the bakers themselves notwithstanding.

    Annihilations are always violently destructive. I can’t think of a usage for annihilate that isn’t destructive that isn’t also an exaggeration.