Annihilation and Explosion

Annihilation

Annihilation noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

Explosion and annihilation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explosion" instead a noun "Annihilation".

Explosion

Explosion noun - The act or an instance of exploding.
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Synonyms for Explosion

Annihilation and explosion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Annihilation" instead a noun "Explosion".

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  • Music / Klaus Nomi (Album) Dutch people will be amused to know that the cover was photographed by a man called Michael Halsband note  "halsband" is Dutch for "collar" Downer Ending: "Total Eclipse" is about a total annihilation of Earth in a nuclear explosion.
  • Resurrective Immortality Mummies from Mummy: The Resurrection can only be put down permanently by point-blank annihilation, like ground zero of a nuclear explosion; or long-term sustained damage, like immersion in a volcano, so they die frequently and rapidly enough to exhaust the energy that resurrects them.
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