Synonyms for annihilation
an·ni·hi·la·tion

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1. annihilation, obliterationnoun

   destruction by annihilating something

   Synonyms:
   disintegration, eradication, obliteration

2. annihilation, disintegrationnoun

   total destruction

   "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

   Synonyms:
   disintegration, decomposition, radioactive decay, dissolution, decay, obliteration

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1. • Destruction

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1. List of paraphrases for "annihilation":

   extermination, destruction, obliteration, genocide, extinction

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1. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Israel will not allow regimes that seek our annihilation to acquire nuclear weapons. This is why we opposed so resolutely the Iran deal, because it gives Iran a clear path to a nuclear arsenal.

2. Alan Warren:

   It's not about hunting, it is about preserving and saving the species from certain annihilation in South Africa.

3. Ted Hui:

   Hong Kong currently has more than 1,000 political prisoners, in addition to a justice system destroyed by the evil national security law, as well as the total annihilation of free press and democratic society.

4. James Madison, Federalist 10:

   Liberty is to faction, what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be a less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.

5. Marquis de Sade:

   For mortal men there is but one hell, and that is the folly and wickedness and spite of his fellows; but once his life is over, there's an end to it: his annihilation is final and entire, of him nothing survives.