单词 | annihilable |
释义 | annihilableadj. That can be annihilated (in various senses of the verb); liable to annihilation. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > annihilating > completely destroyed or annihilated > capable of being extinguishable1509 annihilable1631 1631 W. Twisse Discov. D. Iacksons Vanitie ii. 36 Their natures are annihilable, in respect of the power of God. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 129 The rights of men in society, are neither deviseable, nor transferable, nor annihilable. 1849 R. Montgomery & J. Hennen tr. K. I. Nitzsch Syst. Christian Doctr. 394 Holy Scripture does not authorize us by any other view to conceive the human soul as absolutely annihilable. 1914 Homiletic Rev. Jan. 11/2 Whether a human person is indissoluble or annihilable is a matter for speculation. 2005–6 Obsidian III 6–7 168 The ways in which culture, ethnicity and religion are used to damn Haitians to second-class citizenship, and later to deem them annihilable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adj.1631 |
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