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In social media, when people say they're going to 'annihilate' something, they mean they want to completely erase it from online visibility, like deleting a controversial comment or erasing a person's digital footprint after a viral conflict

Older generations use 'abate' to describe how a problem or a task slowly loses its intensity, like a long-standing disagreement between neighbors finally settling down after years of back-and-forth arguments

Younger folks use 'amuse' in the context of entertainment, like how a TikTok trend can amuse their friends for a few days, only to be replaced by the next viral challenge

In relationships, when someone says they're going to 'quash' a feeling or emotion, they mean putting it down firmly, like how one partner might quash their lover's jealousy by shutting down a potential love triangle before it starts

In the workplace, 'scuttle' is used to describe how a project or an idea can be quietly killed off, like how a new team initiative might get scuttled by a manager who doesn't want to give up their current authority over the department