noun

annihilation

uh-neye-uh-LAY-shuhn

noun

Total destruction; the act of wiping something out of existence.

"The city faced annihilation under constant bombardment."

"Nuclear war raised the specter of total annihilation."

Physics: the process by which a particle and antiparticle destroy each other, converting their mass into energy.

"The detector measured the energy released during annihilation."

How to Use Annihilation

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishComplete destruction, or (in physics) the mutual destruction of matter and antimatter.

annihilations plural

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From Latin annihilatio, from annihilare ("to reduce to nothing").

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