annihilation :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. destruction by annihilating something

n. total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

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n. the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"

elimination, liquidation

n. the murder of a competitor

eradication, obliteration

n. the complete destruction of every trace of something

annulment, invalidation

n. (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc)

abrogation, repeal, annulment

n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

retraction

n. the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin"

conflagration, inferno

n. a very intense and uncontrolled fire

genocide, race murder, racial extermination

n. systematic killing of a racial or cultural group

massacre, mass murder

n. the savage and excessive killing of many people

slaughter

n. the killing of animals (as for food)

subversion, subversive activity

n. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

abolition, abolishment

n. the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment"

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

seizure, ictus, raptus

n. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

collapse

n. a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"

fall, pin

n. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

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