annihilation
Syllables: an·ni·hi·la·tion/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
annihilation noun: the act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
Noun
annihilation (countable and uncountable, plural annihilations)
- The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
- Synonyms:
- extinction, eradication
- 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.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
- Synonyms:
- extinction
- The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
annihilation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
annihilation in Hindi
- act of reducing to nothing
- उन्मूलन unmūlan, सर्वनाश sarvanāś
- state of being annihilated
- विनाश vināś, विध्वंस vidhvans
- (physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy
- विलोपन vilopan
annihilation in Tamil
- அழிதல், அழிவாக்கம், அழிவு, முற்றழிவு, நாசகரம், பேரழிவு
annihilation in Urdu
- بربادی, فنا, ہلاکت, نیستی, قلع قمع
annihilation in Bengali
- act of reducing to nothing
- ফানা fana
More languagesFewer languages
- annihilation in Malayalam
- ഉന്മൂലനം unmūlanaṁ
- annihilation in Kannada
- ಬೇರುಗೊಲೆ, ಬೇರ್ಗೊಲೆ, ಸಂಹಾರ
- annihilation in Sanskrit
- विनाश vināśá, छिद् chid
- annihilation in Arabic
- إِفْنَاء ʔifnāʔ, تَدْمِير tadmīr
- annihilation in Malay
- pemusnahhabisan
- annihilation in Persian
- نابودی nâbudi
Examples of annihilation in a sentence
- Bradley swore a mighty deep-space oath and braced himself against certain annihilation.
- They're beset by blennophobia, the fear of slime, and spend long hours plotting the annihilation of slugs and snails.
- To his pointed question: "Where does the residueless, total annihilation of the four elements take place?" he received the following answer.
Synonyms of annihilation
Antonyms
Forms of annihilation
| plural | annihilations |
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Origin of annihilation
From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. By surface analysis, annihilate + -ion.
Words formed from annihilation
Words that rhyme with annihilation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about annihilation
- What does annihilation mean?
- Annihilation means the act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
- What is annihilation in Hindi?
- Annihilation in Hindi is उन्मूलन (unmūlan), सर्वनाश (sarvanāś), विनाश (vināś). See Annihilation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is annihilation?
- Annihilation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce annihilation?
- Annihilation is pronounced /əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of annihilation?
- The plural of annihilation is annihilations.
Words near annihilation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: annihilation (page history and authors); annihilation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); annihilation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഉന്മൂലനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); annihilation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); छिद् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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