total annihilation
Frequency: 8.20.5 per million words
emphasizes the entirety of the destruction
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Examples (10)
- They were to surrender immediately or face total annihilation.
- The asteroid's impact would mean the total annihilation of all life on the planet.
- The invading army's goal was nothing less than the total annihilation of the enemy's forces.
- In the final game, the team suffered a total annihilation, losing by an unprecedented margin.
- A global nuclear war could lead to the total annihilation of human civilization.
- The ancient civilization disappeared from history, suggesting a mysterious event caused their total annihilation.
- The new pesticide promised the total annihilation of the crop-destroying insects.
- Many science fiction stories explore the theme of humanity's near total annihilation by alien invaders.
- Failure to adapt to the changing market conditions resulted in the company's total annihilation.
- The villain's ultimate plan was the total annihilation of the universe itself.