An*ni`hi*la"tion (#), n. [Cf. F. annihilation.]
1.
The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; 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.
© Webster 1913.