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*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1647]
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Century 1647]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
1. Annihilation of the [[self]] (as in [[mystical]] [[contemplation]] of [[God]])
*1. Annihilation of the [[self]] (as in [[mystical]] [[contemplation]] of [[God]])
2..The [[action]] or [[process]] of reducing to nothing, or of blotting out of [[existence]].
*2..The [[action]] or [[process]] of reducing to nothing, or of blotting out of [[existence]].
:a. materially.
:a. materially.
:b. Theol. The destruction of [[soul]] as well as [[body]].
:b. Theol. The destruction of [[soul]] as well as [[body]].
:c. Of conditions and circumstances: The bringing to an end; [[total]] abrogation.
:c. Of conditions and circumstances: The bringing to an end; [[total]] abrogation.
:d. Of [[collective]] and [[complex]] bodies: The [[action]] of destroying their combined or organized existence; effectual destruction.
:d. Of [[collective]] and [[complex]] bodies: The [[action]] of destroying their combined or organized existence; effectual destruction.
3. The [[state]] of nothingness resulting from blotting out of [[existence]].
*3. The [[state]] of nothingness resulting from blotting out of [[existence]].
==Description==
==Description==
'''Annihilation''' is defined as "total destruction" or "complete obliteration" of an object; having its [[root]] in the [[Latin]] nihil (nothing). A [[literal]] [[translation]] is "to make into nothing".
'''Annihilation''' is defined as "total destruction" or "complete obliteration" of an object; having its [[root]] in the [[Latin]] nihil (nothing). A [[literal]] [[translation]] is "to make into nothing".
