annihilation
noun[U]
uk/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/completedestruction, so that nothing or no one isleft:
During the Cold War thethreatofnuclearannihilation was always on people'sminds.
informal
completedefeat:
Thecandidatesufferedannihilation at thepolls.
- Theideabehind thenucleardeterrentis that nonationwillriskannihilation byattackinganother.
- Short ofcompleteannihilation of theenemy, nomilitarysolutionwillsolvetheproblem.
- Ninety-fourpercentof the nation'sJewsdiedin the Holocaust; only about 15,000escapedannihilation.
- This was ablueprintfor the annihilation of anentirereligiousculture.
- Englandwererolledover in just 28.2overs. The annihilation wastheirfourth-heaviestdefeatever.
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- blast
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- killsomethingoff
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- knock
- sacrifice
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- takesomethingout
- tear
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