annihilable

An annihilable asteroid is shown being destroyed by a laser beam.

Definition

• Adjective: Capable of being annihilated; able to be completely destroyed or reduced to nothing.

Usage Examples

• (The document was considered capable of being completely destroyed.)
• (The soul is not able to be destroyed or reduced to nothing.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be annihilable by": capable of being destroyed by a specific means.

  • The virus is annihilable by extreme heat. (The virus can be completely destroyed by high temperatures.)

• "annihilable matter": physical substance that can be reduced to nothing, often used in physics or metaphysics.

  • According to certain theories, all matter is annihilable under the right conditions. (All physical substance can be destroyed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Annihilate (verb): to destroy completely.

  • The bomb annihilated the entire building. (It destroyed the building entirely.)

• Annihilation (noun): the act or process of being completely destroyed.

  • The annihilation of the enemy forces was swift. (Their complete destruction was quick.)

• Annihilator (noun): something or someone that destroys completely.

  • The plague was an annihilator of entire villages. (It destroyed whole communities.)

Synonyms

• Destroyable: able to be ruined or broken beyond repair.
• Extinguishable: able to be put out or ended completely.
• Eradicable: capable of being removed or eliminated entirely.

Antonyms

• Indestructible: not able to be destroyed.
• Perpetual: lasting forever; never-ending.
• Immortal: living forever; not subject to death or decay.