[f. ANNIHILATE v. + -OR, as if a. L. *annihilātor.] He who, or that which, annihilates or utterly destroys.
1698. Congreve, Way of World, IV. ix. (Jod.). Witwood, you are an annihilator of sense.
1841. Hor. Smith, Moneyed Man, III. xi. 325. Steam … the uniter of nations, the annihilator of distance.
¶ Occas. in comb., as smoke-annihilator, etc.
