self-annihilation

Questions about self-annihilation

What does self-annihilation mean?

self-annihilation means "the act of killing yourself".

How many syllables are in self-annihilation?

self-annihilation has 7 syllables and divides as sel-f-an-ni-hi-la-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for self-annihilation?

Close synonyms include suicide, self-destruction. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-annihilation a common word?

self-annihilation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.