nihilate

English

Etymology

From Latin nihilō (“I reduce to nothing”).

Verb

nihilate (third-person singular simple present nihilates, present participle nihilating, simple past and past participle nihilated)

  1. To encase in a shell of non-being.
  2. (philosophy) The action of consciousness, which is the origin of negation in facticity.
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