annihilation

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. By surface analysis, annihilate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: an‧ni‧hi‧la‧tion === Noun === annihilation (countable and uncountable, plural annihilations) The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence. 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. The state of being annihilated. (physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy. ==== Synonyms ==== (act of reducing to nothing): extinction, eradication (state of being annihilated): extinction ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “act of reducing to nothing”): creation, generation (antonym(s) of “state of being annihilated”): generation ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “annihilation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “annihilation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “annihilation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin annihilātiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ni.i.la.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === annihilation f (plural annihilations) annihilation ==== Further reading ==== “annihilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012