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annihilation

ә.naiә'leiʃәn6 senses · 117 ms
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noun/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
  1. 1

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

  2. 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.countableuncountable

    • the annihilation of a corporation
  3. 3

    The state of being annihilated.countableuncountable

    • 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 ext
  4. 4

    The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.countableuncountable

ant. creation · generation

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