annihilable

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Etymology

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From Latin annihilābilis, from annihilō. Equivalent to annihilate +‎ -able.

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  • IPA(key): /əˈnaɪ.ɪləbəl/

Adjective

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annihilable (comparative more annihilable, superlative most annihilable)

  1. Capable of being annihilated; able to be destroyed completely.
    • 1733, I[saac] W[atts], “Essay I. A Fair Enquiry and Debate Concerning Space. Sect[ion] V. Space Cannot be God.”, in Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, [], London: [] Richard Ford [], and Richard Hett [], →OCLC, page 19:
      [Space] cannot be a created Subſtance; becauſe vve cannot conceive it creable or annihilable; and therefore it carries vvith it an Idea of neceſſary Exiſtence; []
    • 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: [] J. S. Jordan, [], →OCLC, page 129:
      The rights of men in ſociety, are neither deviſeable, nor transferable, nor annihilable, but are deſcendable only; and it is not in the power of any generation to intercept finally, and cut off the deſcent.

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