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Synonyms for annihilation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-nahy-uh-ley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : əˌnaɪ əˈleɪ ʃən

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Définition of annihilation

Origin :
  • 1630s, from Middle French annihilation (restored from Old French anichilacion, 14c.), or directly from Late Latin annihilationem (nominative annihilatio), noun of action from past participle stem of annihilare (see annihilate).
  • noun utter destruction.
  • noun abolition
Example sentences :
  • Chip's way of saying yes was one of his chief weapons of annihilation.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • I—I—ugh, ugh, I know what you want:—a consolidation and annihilation of the States.
  • Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
  • He clearly saw that the isolation of ideas or classes is the annihilation of reasoning.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • The quietness that came over me was like a foretaste of annihilation.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • To-night he had gone to bed sternly resolved on a while of annihilation.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Here is a thought that makes me waver—what if death is not annihilation?
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • You get deformity, if not complete helplessness and annihilation.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • Here Grant waited the onset, with almost the certainty of annihilation.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • But the ideal of "annihilation" becomes an irrelevant and meaningless phrase.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • Perhaps there may also be the idea of collective responsibility for his annihilation.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

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