Need another word that means the same as “annihilation”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “annihilation” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Annihilation” are: disintegration, obliteration, destruction, wiping out, extermination, extirpation, elimination, eradication, killing, decimation, liquidation, demolition, defeat, beating, conquering, vanquishment, trouncing, overthrow, subjugation, rout, mastery, crushing
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “annihilation” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| beating | The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows. If he got dirt on his clothes he d get a beating. |
| conquering | The act of conquering. |
| crushing | Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. |
| decimation | The killing of one in every ten of a group of people as a punishment for the whole group (originally with reference to a mutinous Roman legion). The decimation of our rainforests. |
| defeat | An instance of defeating or being defeated. It was a narrow defeat. |
| demolition | The action or process of demolishing or being demolished. Ireland s demolition of England. |
| destruction | The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. Gambling was his destruction. |
| disintegration | The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. The twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration. |
| elimination | The act of removing or getting rid of something. The elimination of extreme poverty is a key objective. |
| eradication | The complete destruction of something. The eradication of poverty. |
| extermination | Killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals. The near extermination of the buffalo herds. |
| extirpation | The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence. |
| killing | An event that causes someone to die. Years of killing and destruction. |
| liquidation | The killing of someone, typically by violent means. The company went into liquidation. |
| mastery | Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity. Man s mastery over nature. |
| obliteration | The complete destruction of every trace of something. Headlines about the obliteration of the green belt. |
| overthrow | A score made because the ball has been overthrown. His throw missed the stumps and went for four overthrows. |
| rout | A pack of wolves. The retreat degenerated into a rout. |
| subjugation | The action of bringing someone or something under domination or control. The fear of human subjugation by technology. |
| trouncing | The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows. |
| vanquishment | The thorough defeat of a person or thing. His vanquishment of perceived injustices. |
| wiping out | A failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball. |
| abolish | Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution. Slavery was abolished in the mid 19th century in America and in Russia. |
| blighted | Affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity. A blighted rose. |
| bomb | Attack a place or object with a bomb or bombs. She joined the fight against the bomb. |
| carnage | The killing of a large number of people. The bombing was timed to cause as much carnage as possible. |
| conquest | The successful ascent of a mountain, especially one not previously climbed. The conquest of inflation. |
| decimate | Kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group. Public transport has been decimated. |
| decomposition | The state or process of rotting; decay. The decomposition of organic waste. |
| deconstruct | Interpret a text or an artwork by the method of deconstructing. I want to deconstruct this myth that poverty breeds crime. |
| demolition | An overwhelming defeat. Ireland s demolition of England. |
| destroy | Destroy completely damage irreparably. He has been determined to destroy her. |
| destruction | The action or process of killing or being killed. The avalanche left a trail of destruction. |
| disassemble | Translate (a program) from machine code into a higher-level programming language. It is permissible for a lawful user to disassemble a computer program to determine its interfaces. |
| disintegration | The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. The twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration. |
| dismantle | Take off or remove. The old regime was dismantled. |
| dissipation | Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure. The dissipation of the country s mineral wealth. |
| dissolution | The action or process of dissolving or being dissolved. Minerals susceptible to dissolution. |
| exterminate | Destroy completely. They use poison to exterminate moles. |
| extirpate | Surgically remove (an organ. Timber wolves were extirpated from New England more than a century ago. |
| genocide | Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group. A campaign of genocide. |
| iconoclasm | The orientation of an iconoclast. |
| iconoclast | A Puritan of the 16th or 17th century. |
| massacre | Perform (a piece of music, a play, etc.) very ineptly. Thousands were brutally massacred by soldiers. |
| molecule | The simplest structural unit of an element or compound. |
| particle | Any of numerous subatomic constituents of the physical world that interact with each other including electrons neutrinos photons and alpha particles. Tiny particles of dust. |
| raze | Tear down so as to make flat with the ground. Villages were razed to the ground. |
| rot | Liver rot in sheep. The leaves were turning black with rot. |
| slaughter | The savage and excessive killing of many people. Thousands of calves were exported to the continent for slaughter. |
| subversion | The undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution. An 11 year sentence for inciting subversion. |
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