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How to pronounce annihilation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms disintegration
Type of wipeout, demolition, destruction
Has types extinction, extermination
Derivation annihilate


bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll.
Type Words
Synonyms obliteration
Type of destruction, devastation
Has types vaporisation, atomization, atomisation, pulverisation, vaporization, pulverization
Derivation annihilate

Examples of annihilation

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The Broncos hardly had time to blink and they were facing annihilation and exit.
From the canberratimes.com.au
In a comment on a different video, he calls for the annihilation of all Muslims.
From the edition.cnn.com
The last time such annihilation took place was during the time of the dinosaurs.
From the abcnews.go.com
Hence, they are respectively the creation and annihilation operator for phonons.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A team leader named Sal Giunta takes over and saves the unit from annihilation.
From the washingtonpost.com
He forgot to include energy from regular matter that is part of the annihilation.
From the post-gazette.com
Grillo tells you Bersani has brought Italy to annihilation and you believe him?
From the economist.com
And just who was responsible for the annihilation campaign against Dr. Wakefield?
From the infowars.com
Shorn of international allies, Israelis were convinced they faced annihilation.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Destruction by annihilating something
  • Total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"
  • (annihilate) eliminate: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
  • (annihilated) destroyed completely
  • (annihilative) wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
  • Bragging Rights (2009) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on October 25, 2009 at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the final pay-per-view to take place at the Mellon Arena. ...
  • Annihilation is an album by the Brazilian death metal band Rebaelliun. It was released in 2001 by Hammerheart Records.
  • Annihilation is a Marvel Comics 2006 crossover storyline highlighting several relatively under-used outer space-related characters in the Marvel Universe. The series was piloted by Keith Giffen, with editor Andy Schmidt.
  • Annihilation is a NY Times Best Seller fantasy novel by Philip Athans. It is the fifth book of the War of the Spider Queen hexad and, like other books in the series, it is set in the Forgotten Realms setting for Dungeons & Dragons.