noun
- Utter destruction: annihilation, eradication, extermination, extinction, extirpation, liquidation, obliteration. See crimes, help/harm/harmless, make/unmake.
- An often formal act of putting an end to: abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, defeasance, invalidation, negation, nullification, voidance. Law avoidance. See continue/stop/pause.
