Annihilation
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mid 16th century: from late Latin annihilatio(n- ), from the verb annihilare (see annihilate).
wiktionary
From Middle French annihilation, from Latin ad(“to”) + nihil(“nothing”). Morphologically annihilate + -ion
etymonline
annihilation (n.)
"act of reducing to non-existence," 1630s, from French annihilation (restored from Old French anichilacion, 14c.), or directly from Medieval Latin annihilationem (nominative annihilatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of annihilare "reduce to nothing" (see annihilate). In theology, an Annihilationist (1850) believed that the wicked were annihilated after death rather than sent to eternal suffering.
