exnihilate · verb — to bring into existence from nothing. It carries an Arena rating of 1582, earned across 79 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, exnihilate ranks #266 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #447 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #1,332 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #1,484 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
Why “exnihilate” is a great word
EXNIHILATE — [Verb] To bring into existence from nothing. A modern formation from Latin ex nihilo ("out of nothing"), patterned after the verb annihilate. Unlike "create," which implies fashioning from pre-existing materials, or "annihilate," which means to reduce to nothingness, to exnihilate is the pure assertion of origination without antecedent. It is the conjurer's true trick where there was no hidden coin, the sudden galaxy igniting in a void, and the inexplicable poem appearing in a vacant mind—a quiet, terrifying rebellion against the universe's stubborn accounting of dust.
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Etymology
Based on Latin; compare annihilate and ex nihilo.
verb
- To bring into existence from nothing.e.g.“Since the top hat was empty the moment before, the magician seemed to exnihilate the rabbit.”
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