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View definitions for annihilation

annihilation

noun as in utter destruction.

noun as in abolition

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That melancholy provides critical nuance to our lives, keeping them from being pointless in the face of sure annihilation.

From Salon

Out of the ashes of political annihilation, he became not just an elder statesman and world-renowned humanitarian but arguably the most consequential of modern former presidents.

But despite its bristly concept, “The End” largely forgoes any direct images of annihilation, settling into a vast underground bunker with seemingly endless resources well after most humans have perished.

From Salon

Musicals are, in many cases, delusions, born in times of violence and annihilation.

Eichmann played a key role in the 1942 Wannsee Conference at which the Nazis' annihilation of European Jewry was planned, and was seen as the logistical mastermind of the Final Solution.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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