An-nī'hi-lā'tion, n.

noun

n. [Fr. annihilation.]

  1. The act of reducing to nothing, or non-existence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
  2. The state of being annihilated. Hooker.