Annihilation Definition & Meaning

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Annihilation

Annihilation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Annihilation? [n] destruction by annihilating something [n] total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Annihilation: disintegration \| obliteration Related Terms \| Find terms related to Annihilation: abolishment \| abolition \| abscission \| amputation \| annulment \| bane \| biological death \| cessation of life \| choking \| choking off \| clinical death \| crossing the bar \| curtains \| death \| death knell \| debt of nature \| decease \| demise \| departure \| deracination \| destruction \| dissolution \| doom \| dying \| ebb of life \| elimination \| end \| end of life \| ending \| eradication \| eternal rest \| excision \| exclusion \| exit \| expiration \| extermination \| extinction \| extinguishment \| extirpation \| final summons \| finger of death \| going \| going off \| grave \| hand of death \| jaws of death \| knell \| last debt \| last muster \| last rest \| last roundup \| last sleep \| leaving life \| liquidation \| loss of life \| making an end \| mutilation \| negation \| nullification \| parting \| passing \| passing away \| passing over \| perishing \| purge \| quietus \| release \| rescission \| rest \| reward \| rooting out \| sentence of death \| shades of death \| shadow of death \| silencing \| sleep \| snuffing out \| somatic death \| stifling \| strangulation \| suffocation \| summons of death \| suppression \| uprooting \| voiding See Also \| atomisation \| atomization \| demolition \| destruction \| destruction \| devastation \| extermination \| extinction \| pulverisation \| pulverization \| vaporisation \| vaporization Annihilation In Webster's Dictionary \Anni`hila"tion\, n. [Cf. F. annihilation.] 1. 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. 2. The state of being annihilated. --Hooker.

Annihilation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Annihilation?

[n] destruction by annihilating something
[n] total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Annihilation: disintegration | obliteration

Annihilation In Webster's Dictionary

\An*ni`hi*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. annihilation.]
1. 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.

2. The state of being annihilated. --Hooker.

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