ANNIHILA'TION, noun 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 reduced to nothing.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI