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English
Etymology
From Latin annihilābilis, from annihilō. Equivalent to annihilate + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
annihilable (comparative more annihilable, superlative most annihilable)
- Capable of being annihilated; able to be destroyed completely.
1733, I W, “Essay I. A Fair Enquiry and Debate Concerning Space. Sect V. Space Cannot be God.”, in Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, , London: Richard Ford , and Richard Hett , →OCLC, page 19: cannot be a created Subſtance; becauſe vve cannot conceive it creable or annihilable; and therefore it carries vvith it an Idea of neceſſary Exiſtence; […]
1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: J. S. Jordan, , →OCLC, page 129:The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor transferable, nor annihilable, but are deſcendable only; and it is not in the power of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the deſcent.
Derived terms
Translations
capable of being annihilated