annihilation

nounattested in dialogue

//əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən//

The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.

noun

1
The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
2
The act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it.
the annihilation of a corporation
3
The state of being annihilated.
If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type.
4
The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

Etymology

From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. By surface analysis, annihilate + -ion.

Forms

plural: annihilations

Annette · A female given name from French.Annie · A diminutive of the female given name Ann. Also, a popular…annihilate · To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.

annihilation · The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.

Annika · A female given name from Swedish [in turn from Hebrew], a…anniversary · A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a…announce · To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to…

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