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Definition of Annihilation
1. Noun. Destruction by annihilating something.
Generic synonyms: Destruction, Devastation
Specialized synonyms: Atomisation, Atomization, Pulverisation, Pulverization, Vaporisation, Vaporization
Derivative terms: Annihilate, Obliterate, Obliterate
2. Noun. Total destruction. "Bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"
Specialized synonyms: Extermination, Extinction
Generic synonyms: Demolition, Destruction, Wipeout
Derivative terms: Annihilate
Definition of Annihilation
1. n. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or 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; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
Definition of Annihilation
1. Noun. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or 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; as, the annihilation of a corporation. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being annihilated. ¹
3. Noun. (physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Annihilation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Annihilation
Literary usage of Annihilation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records by Paul Carus (1895)
"What is the annihilation of suffering? ' "Birth is suffering; old age is suffering;
... 18 " The radical and total annihilation of this thirst and the ..."
2. The Gospel of Buddha by Paul Carus (1915)
"13 "The radical and total annihilation of this thirst and the ... 14 "And what,
O brethren, is the path that leads to the annihilation of suffering? ..."
3. The Methodist Review (1861)
"annihilation. THE doctrine of the ultimate annihilation of the wicked has ...
To this exegetical defense the advocates of the annihilation theory add ..."
4. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"To deduce practical Observations on Self-interest and Self-annihilation. First,
then, The vicious pleasures of sensation, imagination, and ambition, ..."
5. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"ration to existence, and thence regards the second death as another annihilation.
" If immortality be a prerogative conferred on the pious through the ..."
6. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1843)
"And if the pretence of death will not prove an annihilation, or infer a conclusion
of torment, much less will the bare phrases of perdition and destruction; ..."
7. The Place of Christ in Modern Theology by Andrew Martin Fairbairn (1895)
"There is the way of annihilation, expulsion of sin by destruction of the sinner.
... The annihilation of the creature either now or at any moment even ..."
8. Systematic Theology: A Compendium and Commonplace-book Designed for the Use by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1886)
"It is plain, moreover, that if annihilation took place at death, there could be no
... For full answer to the оЫ statements of the annihilation-theory, ..."
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