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Vinony

annihilation

noun

  1. process that occurs when a subatomic particle collides with its respective antiparticle to produce other particles
  2. destroy utterly
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

noun

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

  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 that the name can no longer be applied to it.

    “the annihilation of a corporation”

  3. The state of being annihilated.

    “If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type.”

  4. The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.