Annihilation

Definitions

1. The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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.
   countable, uncountable
3. The state of being annihilated.
   countable, uncountable
4. The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“the annihilation of a corporation”

“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⟳.”

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