annihilation
Collocations
4(noun.)
ADJ
total | nuclear
VERB + ANNIHILATION
face
The small army knew they would face complete annihilation if they did not retreat quickly.
threaten
Definitions
noun
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.
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.
The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
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Synonyms
noun — destruction by annihilating something
noun — total destruction
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6the annihilation of a corporation
WiktionaryIf 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 yours
WiktionaryNuclear weapons may bring about the annihilation of man.
Tatoeba · #21722Annihilation gives birth to my rebirth.
Tatoeba · #1144191There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annihilation of his being.
Tatoeba · #3085296The Algerian Arabs want the annihilation of everything that is Kabyle, and the Algerian corrupt power fulfills its wishes.
Tatoeba · #8111621