Synonyms for annihilation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-nahy-uh-ley-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˌnaɪ əˈleɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for annihilation
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for annihilation
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