Eradication is a synonym of annihilation.
As nouns the difference between annihilation and eradication
is that annihilation is 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 while eradication is the act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting; extirpation; utter destruction.
annihilation
English
Noun
(
en noun)
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.
The state of being annihilated.
(physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.
Related terms
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* annihilate
* annihilator
* annihilable
* annihilative
Synonyms
* (act of reducing to nothing) extinction, eradication
* (state of being annihilated) extinction
Antonyms
* (act of reducing to nothing) creation, generation
* (state of being annihilated) generation
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eradication
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting; extirpation; utter destruction.
The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Related terms
* eradicate
Antonyms
* radication
