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MY VOCAB PRACTICE
Sammy believes that the world will continue to be broken and miserable to humans until we annihilate all borders.
Sammy rejects religions and laws, but he has taken to believing in nihilism.
Sammy is quiet odd, when he counts down he doesn't say ZERO instead he says .... five, four, three, two, one, nil.
The problem with Sammy's thought, about borders, is that some people believe that our government should be Christian, some people think Muslim and the nihilist, rejecting all laws, think we should have no government.
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Sammy has a point, but really, there are worse things than borders. Such as, border-ignoring transnational corporations!! UGGGHHHHH!
Your first sentence would be more accurate if you said "Sammy believes that the world will continue to be broken and miserable for humans until we cancel/remove/do away with all borders"
Annihilate implies enormous force being used against an enemy/territory/opponent. Borders are somewhat abstract concepts that don't resemble enemies/territories/opponents.
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I hope the ministry of Agriculture has to fin ways to annihilate all pests and disease this economic year.
My account balance in "banco de Venezuela" was nil starting with the new month.
I think the opposition is a total nihilist community.
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1-Annihilate-:He hated himself and used booze., drugs and violence to try to annihilate himself.
2-Nihilism-:The rebels urged the people to grab hold of nihilism and remove all government officials from office.
3-Nil-:The possibility of escape was nil so secure was our twelve foot square cell.
4-Nihilist-:Years before they had both been involved with Nihilist movement.
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The enemy squad was annhilatd by us.
Hippies embraced nihilism in 1970.
My steemit steem balance is nil.
Nilhists are greedy of power.
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Annihilate
Usain bolt annihilated his competition whenever he was running.
Nihilism
The young radical evangelist preached nihilism to his new converts.
Nil
The match between Chelsea and Stoke ended with a scoreline of 2-nil in favor of Chelsea.
Nihilist
I am a nihilist.
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Annihilate:
When I think of the horror vacui, the fear of empty space, my parents come to me in my dreams with their visions of what is right for me to do.
Nihilism:
If I recall correctly, Schopenhauer believed in nihilism while his student, Nietzsche believed in asceticism.
Nil:
The score reads nil to one-hundred and twenty.
Nihilist:
The thought crossed my mind that a libertarian might fall in line with a nihilist's point of view (then I read your example sentence and busted out laughing!).
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I sometimes think that libertarians might be better off if they adopted nihilism.
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The next mission in the game that Joe was playing, was to annihilate all the zombies.
Practicing nihilism is a huge mistake when you are in front of the judges who are going to give you the verdict.
The profit earned after selling so many different things was nil.
He's a nihilist by nature. He got it from their parents who were bad people.
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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are solid proof that atomic bombs can ANNIHILATE the world and its people, and are weapons of great destruction.
I'm not going to tolerate your NIHILISM, especially when you have everything and everyone to be joyful about in the world.
I have realized that all my efforts are worthless because they all go down to NIL.
He was a pain to live with. If he was not a total NIHILIST we would have been together until today.
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The timely intervention of the military save the natives from annihilation.
A society where nihilism is preached easily get disorderly.
All Nihilists are natural trouble makers.
The cashier told Jane that her bank account has a nil balance.
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Anti-bullying campaigns wish to annihilate bullying.
The quoted definition of nihilism is somewhat misleading: Nothingness is the "truth" of nihilism.
"Zero sum game" sounds better than "nil sum game."
A nihilist wouldn't care enough about #2 to write that.
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Nothing can annihilate the spirit of a man because it is immortal.
The game between the English soccer team and the Nigerian soccer team ended in nil:nil
Nihilism should not be tolerated in this present day because it preaches against what is good.
Arguing with a nihilist on the importance of law and order in a society is a total waste of ones time
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1. Nuclear weapons could completely annihilate life on this planet.
2. Punk rock was an outgrowth of a portion of society feeling nihilist and without hope.
3. Although it appeared that George made a great profit on his enterprise, the result was nil because it consumed all of his savings .
4. Punk rock was the creative outpouring of a portion of society feeling nihilist and without hope.
Oops I made a mistake here:
Nihilism: Nietzsche thought that science and secularism put an end to religious belief, thus introducing a philosophy of nihilism.
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By the way, you can always "EDIT" any post or comment before it's 1 week old. So, you did not have to make a separate comment, you could have simply clicked "EDIT" and changed the second sentence.
By the way, my friends and I were punk rockers in the late 1970s. We were a bit nihilistic, but I for one always had hope. I always remained optimistic.
But nowadays I look at the world of global politics and economics and think ... if I were a youth today, I'd be a nihilistic punk!!
Yes, you are right. I should have just clicked on "edit". I am a big enough fool to remain optimistic no matter what! Maybe just my way of preserving my mental health.
MY VOCAB PRACTICE
Annihilate :
He chose to annihilate the village through an atomic bomb.
Nihilism:
The deliberate refusal of his children to listen to his preaching of nihilism irked the old man.
Nil:
According to the report I heard, nil was given to the farmers.
Nihilist:
As a nihilist, I have accepted the philosophy of nihilism.
I had a nice time learning new words. I just hope I get the contexts right. This is so cool!
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Glad you like it. I have another few hundred such posts coming, so you have plenty to learn!!
MY VOCAB PRACTICE
1-annihilate
The houses built on sand fill land are annihilated.
2-nihilism
Nihilism is against natural order and human conduct for justice.
3-Nil
I hate filling forms and putting nil in some spaces
4-Nihilist
I see military leaders as nihilist, want to do all things without other interfering.
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Annihilate
In anger, the king annihilated the buildings of his ancestors.
Nihilism
The doctrine of nihilism should not be taught to children, lest they become rebellious
Nil
Nil is a synonym of zero and nothing.
Nihilist
He is a nihilist, hence his agnostic viewpoint.
This would be my first time reading and participating in your vocab practice, and while having a close scrutiny of your article, I discovered that indeed, you are a great writer and editor as not only was I able to understand and learn new words through all you wrote, I could not spot an error.
I love the fact that you emphasized that accuracy is better than creativity, as we have a lot of people who are creative but not accurate with their sentence constructions.
I am happy I came across your blog. I hope to improve my vocabulary here. Thanks so much for this opportunity.
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And thanks for the compliment. As you may have read in my ID box, I am not only a teacher of English and a writer, I am also an editor.
Therefore, I proofread and re-read every post any number of times, checking for errors. It's a never-ending process, but the good thing is that almost all of my posts are error-free.
I trust you will also work diligently to make high-quality posts, in terms of both content and style.
MY VOCAB PRACTICE.
annihilated. The engineer annihilated the building because he thinks it no longer served its purpose.
nihilism. Many rebels acted with nihilism toward their new government.
nil. She scored nil during her last game competition.
nihilist. A lawless person is nothing more than a nihilist individual.
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Modification of a comment I left for another answer:
Annihilate implies enormous force being used against an enemy/territory/opponent. Buildings don't sufficiently resemble enemies/territories/opponents.
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Annihilation is by far the most common of all forms of the word annihilate , which is why I opted for that particular form. The verb annihilate normally refers to the complete destruction of a large object or group of people, but a new fashion has arisen of using annihilate to mean "completely defeat someone in an argument or debate (through superior logic, mastery of all relevant facts etc."
annihilate, nihilism, nil, nihilist
He vowed to wage a war of annihilation against his country's enemies.
Materialism ultimately leads to nihilism and a total rejection of the necessity for moral standards.
Although their initial demands seem quite reasonable, we must realize that they are part of a larger nihilist agenda.
Although he was a far more productive scientist, discussion of his many accomplishments has been almost nil .
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BUT .... please number your sentences, as stated in the rules above!!!!!!!!
Sorry. I didn't notice the numbering requirement.
my vocabulary practice is
1)genius
everybody is a genius ,just know your niche
2)patriotic
am patriotic Nigerian
3)unity
unity makes us
Please read Rule #5 and revise accordingly.
As requested, I added numbers to my post. I also did what I could to help out some of the other commenters. Maybe you haven't noticed my revisions?