annihilation

Definition

The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.

Etymology

From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. By surface analysis, annihilate + -ion.

Example Sentences

• "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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