annihilation

[US]/ə,naiə'leiʃən/
[UK]/əˌnaɪəˈleʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. total ødelæggelse, udryddelse; forsvinden, udslettelse.
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

positron annihilation

positron udslettelse

Example Sentences

energy liberated by the annihilation of matter.

energi frigivet ved materiers udslettelse.

Since the discovery of the vaccine, annihilation of the disease is at last cogitable.

Siden opdagelsen af vaccinen er udslettelsen af sygdommen endelig tænkelig.

a show of independence is its only hope of avoiding annihilation in next year's elections.

et udtryk for uafhængighed er dets eneste håb om at undgå udslettelse ved næste års valg.

A photomagnetic positronium annihilation model was proposed to explain the experimental facts.

En fotomagnetisk positronium-udslettelsesmodel blev foreslået for at forklare de eksperimentelle fakta.

The ememy was warned to capitulate or face annihilation.

Fjenden blev advaret om at kapitulere eller stå over for udslettelse.

After Sputnik, megadeath would arrive in minutes by rocket, non-negotiably, and in such quantities that global annihilation looked on the cards.

Efter Sputnik ville massedød ankomme inden for få minutter med raketter, uden forhandling, og i sådan store mængder, at global udslettelse så ud til at være sandsynlig.

Real-world Examples

This is from " Annihilation, " which I loved making.

Dette er fra "Annihilation", som jeg elskede at lave.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

So if it is not annihilation, what is it then?

Så hvis det ikke er annihilation, hvad er det så?

Source: CNN 10 Student English August 2023 Compilation

Interestingly, out of this fear for our eventual annihilation also follows a fear of life.

Interessant nok følger denne frygt for vores forestående annihilation også en frygt for livet.

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

Our expression today is " suicide mission" , from the movie " Annihilation" .

Vores udtryk i dag er "selvmordsmission", fra filmen "Annihilation".

Source: Learn English by Watching Movies with VOA

Annihilation's bad enough, without anarchy to make things even worse.

Annihilation er dårligt nok, uden anarki til at gøre tingene endnu værre.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

After all, when an antiparticle meets a particle, a so-called annihilation occurs.

Efter alt, når en antipartikel møder en partikel, sker der en såkaldt annihilation.

Source: Mysteries of the Universe

It expresses the risk of nuclear annihilation as time remaining until midnight.

Det udtrykker risikoen for nuklear annihilation som den resterende tid indtil midnat.

Source: Time

Could annihilation occur to matter, this were the thing to do it.

Kunne annihilation ske for stof, ville det være det, man skulle gøre.

Source: Moby-Dick

And, like any other animal facing annihilation, he desperately seeks to escape it.

Og ligesom ethvert andet dyr, der står over for annihilation, forsøger han desperat at undslippe det.

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

To look for the annihilation spectrum resulting from dark matter collisions in space.

At lede efter annihilationsspektrummet som følge af mørk stof kollisioner i rummet.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 3

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