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Word: Annihilation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from late Latin annihilatio(n-), from the verb annihilare (see annihilate)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˌnʌɪəˈleɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
complete destruction or obliteration
Short Definition:complete destruction or obliteration
Examples:- the threat of global annihilation
Definition:
the conversion of matter into energy, especially the mutual conversion of a particle and an antiparticle into electromagnetic radiation.
Short Definition:conversion of matter into energy
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