annihilation

Meanings

Plural: annihilations

Noun

• destruction by annihilating something
• total destruction
  • "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"
• The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
• 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 state of being annihilated.
• The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

Synonyms

disintegration, eradication, extinction, obliteration

Antonyms

creation, generation

Related Words

annihilable, annihilate, annihilative, annihilator, annihilatory