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Annihilate
/əˈnaɪəleɪt/verb
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To annihilate is to completely destroy or obliterate something or someone, leaving no trace behind, as if erasing it from existence. In everyday language, it often carries a dramatic flair for total defeat in competitions or arguments, while in scientific contexts like particle physics, it refers to the conversion of matter and antimatter into pure energy.
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In 1932, physicists at the University of Cambridge discovered the positron, the antimatter counterpart to the electron, leading to the realization that when they meet, they annihilate and convert into gamma rays, releasing energy equivalent to their mass times the speed of light squared—as predicted by Einstein's E=mc².
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