Antonyms for annihilation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-nahy-uh-ley-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : əˌnaɪ əˈleɪ ʃən

Definition 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

Synonyms for annihilation

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