#obliteration__annihilation  destruction by annihilating something
  supertype:  destruction__devastation  termination by an act of destruction
  subtype:  atomization__atomisation  annihilation by reducing something to atoms
  subtype:  pulverization__pulverisation  annihilation by pulverizing something
  subtype:  vaporization__vaporisation  annihilation by vaporizing something

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