annihilation
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8.1
- noun
- /əˌnaɪəˈleɪʃən/
- NSFW
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aniquilación
- The flood caused the complete annihilation of the town, leaving nothing behind.
- nuclear annihilation
- total annihilation
- threat of annihilation
I'd rather serve than, you know, risk complete annihilation.
- I'd rather serve than, you know, risk complete annihilation.
- And then there is the total annihilation of all things and that's where you're headed.
- The modern day UFOs were the product of people's fear of nuclear annihilation.
- So if democracy and capitalism are on this annihilation crash course, I mean, what do you think?
- And this cycle of annihilation and creation continued as the universe expanded.
- The whole of the population is hostage so that if Israel wants to stop it's own annihilation it has to flatten Lebanon.
- It's not just about reading the Bible and serving God, and it's actually about avoiding annihilation.
- And so the pre emptive strike, in my view, was the best chance that Israel had to stave off annihilation.
- If it doesn't lead to the potential annihilation of the human species, what are the chances that our world descends into nuclear war?
Examples
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The threat of one individual bringing biological, chemical, or nuclear annihilation to America was becoming more plausible.
Fiction book (2000) -
How could you root for the annihilation of the entire human race?
Fiction book (2000) -
In any case, we know where this is leading: the annihilation of our culture.
Fiction book (1991) -
You stand between us and annihilation.
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And this cycle of annihilation and creation continued as the universe expanded.
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Letting a stranger into the house means annihilation for every one of us.
Fiction book (2000) -
This village faces the threat of annihilation by the armies of the Motherworld.
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It was only through the sacrifice of our greatest commander that we avoided total annihilation.
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Europe and Asia are on the brink of self-annihilation.
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These people believe that out of chaos comes order, catastrophe is salvation and only through annihilation can there be rebirth.
Synonyms
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3.0
Severe damage that makes something no longer exist or cannot be fixed
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4.4
The dying out of a species so it no longer exists
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3.5
The act of removing something you do not need
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7.4
A complete killing or removal of a group of living things
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6.8
Complete removal of something unwanted
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7.9
Complete destruction that leaves nothing behind
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6.4
Burning waste completely until only ash remains
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6.3
Complete destruction that leaves nothing left
Complete removal of something, often by pulling it out by the roots
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Surface Forms
Morphology
annihilation = annihilate (transparent) = annihilat + ion
The noun is a standard nominalization of the verb 'annihilate' (act or process of annihilating) and its meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Annihilation comes from Latin where nihil means 'nothing' and a small part of the word meant 'to' or 'into'. So annihilation is like making something into 'nothing', which is why it means total destruction.