annihilations
Complete wipeouts achieved
Annihilations is the plural of annihilation—instances of complete destruction or obliteration.
The word implies nothing remains: the annihilations of entire cities during wartime, successive annihilations of indigenous populations.
In physics, annihilation describes the collision of a particle with its antiparticle, converting both into energy.
Figuratively, a sports team or debater can suffer annihilation through crushing defeat.
Of atomic energy
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- bombingAttack with explosives
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
holocaust · genocide · massacre · extermination · carpet-bombing · firebombing · scorched-earth · Hiroshima
Complete vanishing of a species
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- voidWithout legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
- erasureAct of wiping away
nonexistence · dissolution · cessation · elimination · nullification · negation · effacement · obliteration
Victory over another
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- blowoutSudden tire failure
- dominationSupreme authority held
- routOverwhelming one-sided victory
humiliation · victory · demolition · thrashing · walloping · shutout · landslide · trouncing
Minute piece of matter
- antiparticleOpposite-charge subatomic twin
- antimatterSubstance of antiparticles
- positronElectron's antimatter counterpart
- electronNegative subatomic particle
collision · energy · mass · photons · CERN · accelerator · conversion · decay
nuclear
Of atomic energy
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- bombingAttack with explosives
obliteration · holocaust · genocide · massacre · extermination · carpet-bombing · firebombing · scorched-earth · Hiroshima · Nagasaki
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
- voidWithout legal effect
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
erasure · nonexistence · dissolution · cessation · elimination · nullification · negation · effacement · obliteration · expungement
defeat
Victory over another
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- blowoutSudden tire failure
- dominationSupreme authority held
rout · humiliation · victory · demolition · thrashing · walloping · shutout · landslide · trouncing · whitewash
particle
Minute piece of matter
- antiparticleOpposite-charge subatomic twin
- antimatterSubstance of antiparticles
- positronElectron's antimatter counterpart
electron · collision · energy · mass · photons · CERN · accelerator · conversion · decay · quantum
- thrashingsbeatings, drubbings, thrashings, whippings, floggings
annihilationscreations
Things made anew
births · geneses · formations · originations · generations
annihilationspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
conservations · survivals · salvations · protections · perpetuations
annihilationsreconstructions
Acts of rebuilding something
restorations · repairs · rehabilitations · renewals · regenerations
- total annihilationComplete and utter destruction