annihilation
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annihilation
- /əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. By surface analysis, annihilate + -ion.
noun annihilations
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The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
Similar: 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
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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.
Similar: extinction
- The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
Opposite: creation, generation
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: obliteration, disintegration, extinction, extermination, death, elimination, destruction, extinguishment, eradicate, eradication, disappearance, dead, devastation, destroy, culling, ruin
noun
Opposite: creation, generation
Translations
Every language
noun act of reducing to nothing
| Español | aniquilación, aniquilamiento, anihilación, anihilamiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 전멸 jeonmyeol |
| 日本語 | 根絶 konzetsu, 殲滅 senmetsu |
| 中文 | 毁灭 huǐmiè, 毀滅 /毁灭 huǐmiè |
| हिन्दी | उन्मूलन unmūlan, सर्वनाश sarvanāś |
| Português | aniquilação |
| Français | annihilation |
| Deutsch | Vernichtung, Zerstörung |
| Italiano | annientamento, annichilazione, annichilimento |
| Română | anihilare |
| Русский | уничтоже́ние uničtožénije, истребле́ние istreblénije, разруше́ние razrušénije |
| العربية | إِفْنَاء ʔifnāʔ, تَدْمِير tadmīr |
| עברית | הַשְׁמָדָה hashmadá, חיסול |
noun state of being annihilated
| Español | aniquilación, aniquilamiento, anihilación, anihilamiento |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 全滅 senmetsu, 絶滅 zetsumetsu |
| हिन्दी | विनाश vināś, विध्वंस vidhvans |
| Português | aniquilação |
| Italiano | annientamento, annichilazione, annichilimento |
| Română | anihilare |
| Русский | уничтоже́ние uničtožénije |
noun (physics) process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy
| Español | aniquilación |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 湮灭 yānmiè, 湮滅 /湮灭 yānmiè |
| हिन्दी | विलोपन vilopan |
| Português | aniquilação |
| Deutsch | Annihilation |
| Italiano | annientamento, annichilazione, annichilimento |
| Română | anihilare |
| Русский | аннигиля́ция annigiljácija |
| العربية | إِفْنَاء ʔifnāʔ |
Talk about this word "annihilation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/annihilation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. annihilation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/annihilation "annihilation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/annihilation.Cite this
@misc{annihilation_2026,
title = {annihilation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/annihilation},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
