annihilation
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See also: Annihilation
English
Etymology
From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. Surface analysis: annihilate + -ion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: an‧ni‧hi‧la‧tion
Noun
annihilation (countable and uncountable, plural annihilations)
- The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
- 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
- The state of being annihilated.
- 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:
- 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.
- (physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
Synonyms
- (act of reducing to nothing): extinction, eradication
- (state of being annihilated): extinction
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “act of reducing to nothing”): creation, generation
- (antonym(s) of “state of being annihilated”): generation
Derived terms
Related terms
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Translations
act of reducing to nothing
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state of being annihilated
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(physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy
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Further reading
- “annihilation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “annihilation”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “annihilation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin annihilātiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
annihilation f (plural annihilations)
Further reading
- “annihilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.