Synonyms for annihilation
Most common
destruction extinction eradication obliteration disintegration
All synonyms
Noun
1. Destruction — the act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence
destruction, extinction, obliteration, eradication, extermination, extirpation, abolition, excision
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
Related words
- Word family
- annihilationism annihilationist annihilable annihilate annihilative annihilator
Forms
- Plural
- annihilations → destructions, extinctions, obliterations, eradications…
Example sentences
- destruction They found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
- extinction Many shark species are threatened with extinction.
- disintegration Disintegration is quite painless, I assure you.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| annihilation | steady | |
| destruction | steady | |
| extinction | steady | |
| eradication | falling | |
| obliteration | steady | |
| disintegration | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- end1
- 8 letters
- excision3
- 9 letters
- abolition4
- 10 letters
- extinction3
- 11 letters
- destruction3, eradication5, extirpation
- 12 letters
- obliteration5
- 13 letters
- extermination5
- 14 letters
- disintegration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excision3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- annihilation
- Italiano
- annichilimento
- Català
- anihilació