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annihilation

[uh-nahy-uh-ley-shuhn] / əˌnaɪ əˈleɪ ʃən /




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In another scenario, the annihilation rate depends on particle velocity.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

How much can one film really change a world that seems like it’s careening faster and faster toward annihilation?

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Relations between Washington and Moscow were starting to thaw, yet a staggering stockpile of almost 70,000 nuclear warheads meant the threat of annihilation lingered in the air.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Gauff summoned a ball kid and asked for three racquets to be restrung, and left the court for a toilet break after the first set annihilation.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

He’d assumed that the cussed army spirit which whitewashed rocks in the face of annihilation would prevail.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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