annihilation

anéantissement

Destruction complète d’une personne ou d’une chose.

En anglais simple : The complete destruction of someone or something.

• They feared the annihilation of their city.
• The weapons threatened total annihilation.
• Only a treaty could prevent nuclear annihilation.

Comment l'utiliser : annihilation of someone/something (The attack caused the annihilation of the army.)

Synonymes : destruction, obliteration

Expressions courantes : total annihilation, nuclear annihilation, annihilation of something

anéantissement

État de quelque chose qui a été entièrement détruit ou qui n’existe plus.

En anglais simple : A condition in which something has been completely destroyed or no longer exists.

• Nothing remained after the village's annihilation.
• The story ends with the world's complete annihilation.
• The army faced total annihilation.

Synonymes : nonexistence, extinction

Expressions courantes : complete annihilation, state of annihilation, total annihilation

annihilation

Phénomène où une particule et son antiparticule disparaissent en libérant de l’énergie.

En anglais simple : A process in which a particle and its opposite particle disappear, releasing energy.

• Annihilation releases energy as radiation.
• The experiment measured electron and positron annihilation.
• Two photons emerged from the annihilation.

Expressions courantes : particle annihilation, electron annihilation, annihilation radiation

dissolution, anéantissement

Destruction d’un ensemble organisé, même si ses éléments restent.

En anglais simple : The destruction of something as an organized whole, even if its separate parts remain.

• The decree ordered the annihilation of the corporation.
• Its assets survived the annihilation of the company.
• The merger meant the annihilation of the old institution.

Synonymes : dissolution, abolition

Expressions courantes : annihilation of something, corporate annihilation