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annihilation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1902, William James, “Lecture 2”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
4. (countable, uncountable) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

Forms

Antonyms

creation (antonym(s) of “act of reducing to nothing”) · generation (antonym(s) of “act of reducing to nothing”) · generation (antonym(s) of “state of being annihilated”)

Deriveds

self-annihilation · family annihilation · reannihilation · coannihilation · annihilationism · annihilationist

Relateds

annihilatory · annihilable · annihilate · annihilator · annihilative

Synonyms

extinction (state of being annihilated) · eradication (act of reducing to nothing) · extinction (act of reducing to nothing)

Translations (97)

bg изтре́бване (act of reducing to nothing) · ca anihilació ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · la annihilatio (act of reducing to nothing) · mi korehāhā (act of reducing to nothing) · cmn 湮灭 ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · pl anihilacja ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · cs zničení (act of reducing to nothing) · ckb لەناوبردن (act of reducing to nothing) · hi सर्वनाश (act of reducing to nothing) · cmn 毀滅 /毁灭 (act of reducing to nothing) · it annientamento (act of reducing to nothing) · ckb لەناوبردن (state of being annihilated) · it annientamento (state of being annihilated) · mi whakamōtītanga (state of being annihilated) · pt aniquilação (act of reducing to nothing) · it annichilimento (act of reducing to nothing) · hy ոչնչացում (act of reducing to nothing) · it annichilazione (act of reducing to nothing) · es aniquilamiento (state of being annihilated) · fi tuhoaminen (act of reducing to nothing) · cmn 湮滅 /湮灭 ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · he חיסול (act of reducing to nothing) · sv förintelse (act of reducing to nothing) · hi विनाश (state of being annihilated) · yi פֿאַרטיליקונג (act of reducing to nothing) · ja 全滅 (state of being annihilated) · uk зни́щення (act of reducing to nothing) · cs anihilace ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · nl vernietiging (act of reducing to nothing) · ro anihilare ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · hi विलोपन ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · it annichilimento ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · bg унищоже́ние (act of reducing to nothing) · bg анихилация ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · sh uništénje (state of being annihilated) · de Annihilation ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · ar تَدْمِير (act of reducing to nothing) · ro anihilare (act of reducing to nothing) · bn ফানা (act of reducing to nothing) · mi korehāhā (state of being annihilated) · de Vernichtung (act of reducing to nothing) · pt aniquilação (state of being annihilated) · fi annihilaatio ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · es aniquilación ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · io nihiligo ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · ja 根絶 (act of reducing to nothing) · es aniquilación (act of reducing to nothing) · hi उन्मूलन (act of reducing to nothing) · he הַשְׁמָדָה (act of reducing to nothing) · sh анихила́ција ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · it annichilazione ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · it annichilimento (state of being annihilated) · it annichilazione (state of being annihilated) · es anihilamiento (state of being annihilated) · fr annihilation (act of reducing to nothing) · ar إِفْنَاء (act of reducing to nothing) · sh anihilácija ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · ru истребле́ние (act of reducing to nothing) · pl anihilacja (state of being annihilated) · ro anihilare (state of being annihilated) · es anihilación (act of reducing to nothing) · fa نابودی (act of reducing to nothing) · it annientamento ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · ru разруше́ние (act of reducing to nothing) · ja 絶滅 (state of being annihilated) · pt aniquilação ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · io nihiligo (act of reducing to nothing) · hi विध्वंस (state of being annihilated) · de Zerstörung (act of reducing to nothing) · ru уничтоже́ние (act of reducing to nothing) · ota افنا (act of reducing to nothing) · ar إِفْنَاء ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · pl zniszczenie (act of reducing to nothing) · pl niszczenie (act of reducing to nothing) · es anihilamiento (act of reducing to nothing) · sl uničenje (act of reducing to nothing) · ja 殲滅 (act of reducing to nothing) · sh uništénje (act of reducing to nothing) · sh униште́ње (state of being annihilated) · ckb فەوتاندن (act of reducing to nothing) · cmn 毁灭 (act of reducing to nothing) · ca anihilació (act of reducing to nothing) · es anihilación (state of being annihilated) · ms pemusnahhabisan ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · es aniquilación (state of being annihilated) · es aniquilamiento (act of reducing to nothing) · sv utplånande (act of reducing to nothing) · sk zničenie (act of reducing to nothing) · fi hävittäminen (act of reducing to nothing) · sv utplåning (act of reducing to nothing) · ru уничтоже́ние (state of being annihilated) · ko 전멸 (act of reducing to nothing) · ru аннигиля́ция ((physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) · fi tuhoutuminen (state of being annihilated) · sh униште́ње (act of reducing to nothing) · mk уништување (act of reducing to nothing) · be знішчэ́нне (act of reducing to nothing)