Annihilation

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ʌˈnaɪ.É™.le.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Middle French annihilation, from Latin ad ("to") + nihil ("nothing").

Full definition of annihilation

Noun

1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or 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; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
2. The state of being annihilated.
3. (physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

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