Annihilation
Complete and utter erasure
Annihilation is complete destruction—reducing something to nothing.
A military force faces annihilation when utterly defeated.
A sports team suffers annihilation in a lopsided loss.
In physics, annihilation describes what happens when a particle meets its antiparticle and both convert entirely to energy.
The annihilation of the enemy was swift and total.
Total destruction or erasure
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- decimationNear-total destruction
ruination · demolition · razing · leveling · wipeout · erasure · elimination · pulverization
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- nonexistenceAbsence of being
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
cessation · finality · erasure · negation · absurdity · meaninglessness · abyss · emptiness
Of atomic energy
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- mutually assured destructionReciprocal nuclear annihilation threat
- first strikeInitiating combat unprovoked
- carpet bombingWidespread aerial bombardment
blitzkrieg · scorched earth · genocide · holocaust · massacre · bombardment · arsenal · megadeath
Substance of antiparticles
- particleMinute piece of matter
- positronElectron's antimatter counterpart
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- gamma rayHigh-energy nuclear emission
mass-energy · conversion · hadron · electron · photon · CERN · accelerator · quantum
Overwhelming in intensity
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
drubbing · trouncing · domination · blowout · landslide · whitewash · massacre · steamrolling
obliteration
Total destruction or erasure
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
decimation · ruination · demolition · razing · leveling · wipeout · erasure · elimination · pulverization · dissolution
void
Without legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- nonexistenceAbsence of being
extinction · cessation · finality · erasure · negation · absurdity · meaninglessness · abyss · emptiness · death
nuclear
Of atomic energy
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- mutually assured destructionReciprocal nuclear annihilation threat
- first strikeInitiating combat unprovoked
carpet bombing · blitzkrieg · scorched earth · genocide · holocaust · massacre · bombardment · arsenal · megadeath · fallout
antimatter
Substance of antiparticles
- particleMinute piece of matter
- positronElectron's antimatter counterpart
- collisionForceful contact between objects
gamma ray · mass-energy · conversion · hadron · electron · photon · CERN · accelerator · quantum · subatomic
crushing
Overwhelming in intensity
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
- shellackingCrushing, lopsided defeat
thrashing · drubbing · trouncing · domination · blowout · landslide · whitewash · massacre · steamrolling · overwhelming
- Paramount FilmsThe Godfather, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Top Gun, Grease
- Hugo Awardsfan voting, nomination, winner, long form, short form
- Surrealist FilmsEraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Dali, David Lynch
Annihilationpreservation
Maintaining something's condition
survival · existence · continuation · perpetuation · conservation
Annihilationpreservation
Maintaining something's condition
conservation · protection · safeguarding · maintenance · salvation
Annihilationcreation
Making something exist
genesis · generation · origination · birth · formation
- total annihilationComplete and utter destruction