annihilation

About 2.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
2. noun 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 annihilation of a corporation

3. noun The state of being annihilated.
4. noun The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

Similar words

obliteration disintegration extinction extermination death elimination destruction extinguishment eradicate eradication

Often followed by

of and in is by operators or radiation at

Word family

annihilations