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annihilability

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an⋅ni⋅hi⋅la⋅ble

  [uh-nahy-uh-luh-buhl]
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–adjective
that can be annihilated.
Origin:
1670–80; annihil(ate) + -able

Related forms:
an⋅ni⋅hi⋅la⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
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an·ni·hi·late   (ə-nī'ə-lāt')   
v.   an·ni·hi·lat·ed, an·ni·hi·lat·ing, an·ni·hi·lates

v.   tr.

    1. To destroy completely: The naval force was annihilated during the attack.

    2. To reduce to nonexistence.

    3. To defeat decisively; vanquish.

  2. To nullify or render void; abolish.

v.   intr. Physics
To participate in annihilation, as an electron and a positron do.

[Late Latin annihilāre, annihilāt- : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin nihil, nothing; see ne in Indo-European roots.]
an·ni'hi·la·bil'i·ty (-lə-bĭl'ĭ-tē) n., an·ni'hi·la·ble (-lə-bəl) adj., an·ni'hi·la'tor n.
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