Nuclear weapons may bring about the annihilation of man.
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Annihilation
/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
Synonyms for "annihilation" (113 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Noun(3 words)
abolishmentabolitionabscissionamputationannulmentbanebiological deathcessation of lifechokingchoking offclinical deathcrossing the barcurtainsdeathdeath knelldebt of naturedeceasedemisedeparturederacination
Strong matches (34)
Noun(10 words)
destroyingdestructiondisintegrationenergy releaseeradicationethnic cleansingexterminatingexterminationsextinctingextinction
destructiondissolutiondoomdyingebb of lifeeliminationendend of lifeendingeradicationeternal restexcisionexclusionexitexpirationexterminationextinctionextinguishmentextirpationfinal summons
Related words (56)
gravehand of deathholocaustjaws of deathknelllast debtlast musterlast restlast rounduplast sleepleaving lifeliquidationlossloss of lifemaking an endmassacremutilationnegationnullificationparting
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passingpassing awaypassing overperishingpurgequietusreleaserescissionrestrewardrooting outsentence of deathshades of deathshadow of deathsilencingslaughtersleepsnuffing outsomatic deathstiflingstrangulationsuffocationsummons of deathsuppressionuprootingvoiding
Noun(10 words)
mass energy conversionmassacringmeaning destructionnullificationparticle annihilationpopulation erasurerazingtrounceswipeoutzeroing
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More general
10 entriesalgebraic operationdemolitiondestructiondevastationenergy transformationextinctionmathematical operationphysical processruinationwipeout
More specific
10 entriesannihilatorcultural extinctionelectron positron annihilationethnic cleansingexterminationgenocideleft annihilatormuon antimuon annihilationproton antiproton annihilationright annihilator
Collocations
5 entriesannihilation cross sectionannihilation energymass energy conversionnuclear annihilationparticle annihilation
Inflections
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8 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Death is one of two things. Either it is annihilation, and the dead have no consciousness of anything; or, as we are told, it is really a change: a migration of the soul from this place to another.
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Annihilation gives birth to my rebirth.
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There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annihilation of his being.
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