Review the clue. The root of the word annihilate is nihil, or "nothing."

Based on this clue, which phrase is the best meaning of the word annihilate?

to destroy something

to cease to grow

to cause a leak

to prompt a fight

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?

What language uses emotionally words

When they reached the door of the lonely house and stopped to unlock it, and the cat came to purr loudly, and rub against them, a deserted p***y, indeed, but fat with young robins, sylvia whispered that this was a beautiful place to live in, and she never should wish to go home. the description of the house in this excerpt gives an example of