an ni hilation ( h silent)

annihilatio. In Fr. annihilation; Sp. aniqui lacion; Port. anniquilaçao; Ital. annichila zione.] I. The act of blotting out of existence- (1) By reducing to nothingne "The tempest cometh: Heaven and Earth unite For the annihilation of all life. Unequal is the strife Between our strength and the Eternal Might!" Byron: Heaven and Earth , 1. a Or (2) by resolving into its constituent elements, and rendering usele for the purpose to effect which these were combined. II. The state of being thus blotted out of existence. "God hath his influence into the very e ence of things, without which their utter an nth i lati on could not choose but follow."- Hooker . IMG:content-0551.png:[blocks in formation] 224 ăn-ni-hil-ā-tion-ism, s. [ANNIHILATION.] Eccles. The doctrine that the wicked will be annihilated after death. ăn-ni-hil-ā'-tion-ist, s. [ANNIHILATIONISM.] Eccles. One who believes in annihilationism. ( Used also adjectively .) ăn-ni-hil-ā-tive, a. [Eng. annihilate; -ive.] That causes annihilation.