Associations to the word «Annihilation»

Wiktionary

ANNIHILATION, noun. 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.
ANNIHILATION, noun. The state of being annihilated.
ANNIHILATION, noun. (physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

Dictionary definition

ANNIHILATION, noun. Destruction by annihilating something.
ANNIHILATION, noun. Total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats