Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To reduce to nothing; annihilate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To reduce to nothing; annihilate.

Etymologies

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From be- +‎ nothing.

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Examples

  • Put it this way: I have no doubt that I Want a Referendum's mass-lobby of Parliament today will benothing less than a decorousaffair, but should a few voices be raised in anger - and, even, a few swearwords uttered - I don't think I'll be on the phone to the police.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

  • Put it this way: I have no doubt that I Want a Referendum's mass-lobby of Parliament today will benothing less than a decorousaffair, but should a few voices be raised in anger - and, even, a few swearwords uttered - I don't think I'll be on the phone to the police.

    Protestville 2008

  • Put it this way: I have no doubt that I Want a Referendum's mass-lobby of Parliament today will benothing less than a decorousaffair, but should a few voices be raised in anger - and, even, a few swearwords uttered - I don't think I'll be on the phone to the police.

    Protestville 2008

  • Not soon will this benothing have I that needs a female, at the moment.

    Exile's Valor Lackey, Mercedes 2003

  • Not soon will this benothing have I that needs a female, at the moment.

    Exile's Valor Lackey, Mercedes 2003

  • The steakturned out to benothing special (surprise surprise), but for a super filling, under $10 lunch, made up of chunks of actual red meat, you can’t really complain.

    Olympic Style Training at the Steak Truck | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2008

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