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.
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.