annihilation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
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 state of being annihilated.
The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-annihilation.wav

annihilation annihilations

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

extinction eradication

creation generation

annihilable annihilate annihilative annihilator annihilatory

annihilationism annihilationist coannihilation family annihilation reannihilation self-annihilation

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