annihilation
noun [ U ] uk/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ us/əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
湮灭
complete destruction, so that nothing or no one is left
During the Cold War the threat of nuclear annihilation was always on people's minds. 冷战期间，核毁灭的威胁一直萦绕在人们的脑海中。
informal惨败，完败
complete defeat
The candidate suffered annihilation at the polls. 这位候选人在投票中惨败。
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- The idea behind the nuclear deterrent is that no nation will risk annihilation by attacking another.
- Short of complete annihilation of the enemy, no military solution will solve the problem.
- Ninety-four percent of the nation's Jews died in the Holocaust; only about 15,000 escaped annihilation.
- This was a blueprint for the annihilation of an entire religious culture.
- England were rolled over in just 28.2 overs. The annihilation was their fourth-heaviest defeat ever.
See: annihilate