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annihilation

[ uh-nahy-uh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of annihilating, or of completely destroying or defeating someone or something:

    the brutal annihilation of millions of people.

  2. the state of being annihilated; total destruction; extinction:

    fear of nuclear annihilation.

  3. Physics.
    1. Also called pair annihilation. the process in which a particle and antiparticle unite, annihilate each other, and produce one or more photons. Compare positronium.
    2. the conversion of rest mass into energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of annihilation1

First recorded in 1630–40; from French or directly from Late Latin ²¹²Ô²Ô¾±³ó¾±±ôÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²¹²Ô²Ô¾±³ó¾±±ôÄå³Ù¾±Å ); annihilate, -ion
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That melancholy provides critical nuance to our lives, keeping them from being pointless in the face of sure annihilation.

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Out of the ashes of political annihilation, he became not just an elder statesman and world-renowned humanitarian but arguably the most consequential of modern former presidents.

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But despite its bristly concept, “The End†largely forgoes any direct images of annihilation, settling into a vast underground bunker with seemingly endless resources well after most humans have perished.

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Musicals are, in many cases, delusions, born in times of violence and annihilation.

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Eichmann played a key role in the 1942 Wannsee Conference at which the Nazis' annihilation of European Jewry was planned, and was seen as the logistical mastermind of the Final Solution.

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