annihilable

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈnaɪ.ɪləbəl/

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• inannihilable
• unannihilable

 

Translations

capable of being annihilated

• Portuguese: aniquilável (pt)