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annihilation
/əˌnaɪəˈleɪʃən/
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What does annihilation mean?
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.
More meanings (1)
noun
- The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˌnaɪəˈleɪʃən/
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This is in perfect harmony with all efforts for annihilation of the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors for any purpose.
One spring set a thousand others in motion for the annihilation of living beings, transient or permanent, of mediate or immediate effect.
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In America, from a like cause, the government of the Union has gradually dwindled into a state of decay, approaching nearly to annihilation.
The ambition of the inquirer seemed to limit itself to the annihilation of those visions on which my interest in science was chiefly founded.
In this malady there is such annihilation of the appetite that in some cases it seems impossible ever to eat again.