Annihilation Definition

ə-nīə-lāshən
noun
The act or process of annihilating.
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The condition of having been annihilated; utter destruction.
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The phenomenon in which a particle and an antiparticle, such as an electron and a positron, meet and are converted to a combination of energy or energetic particles approximately equivalent to the sum of their masses.
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The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or 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; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
Wiktionary

The state of being annihilated.

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Noun

Singular:
annihilation
Plural:
annihilations

Origin of Annihilation

  • From Middle French annihilation, from Latin ad (“to") + nihil (“nothing").

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Annihilation Sentence Examples

  • The battle got so bad that the only way to prevent the annihilation of every being in the universe was to divide the physical and divine worlds.

  • This thirst must be extinguished by complete annihilation of desire, by letting it go, expelling it, separating oneself from it, giving it no room.

  • The direct consequence of the failure was the annihilation of political nationality.

  • As long as their enemies were unprovided with a navy they were safe from pursuit and annihilation.

  • The key is that electron positron annihilation produces not one but two gamma rays.

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