annihilation

noun
/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. By surface analysis, annihilate + -ion.

  1. derived from annihilātiō
  2. borrowed from annihilation

Definitions

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

  2. The act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so…

    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 annihilation of a corporation
  3. The state of being annihilated.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for annihilation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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