self-annihilation

self-an·ni·hi·la·tion

(sĕlf′ə-nī′ə-lā′shən)n.1. Self-destruction.2. Loss of self-awareness, as in a mystical state.

self-annihilation

n (Philosophy) the surrender of the self in mystical contemplation, union with God, etc

self′-annihila′tion

n. 1. self-destruction; suicide. 2. surrender of the self in mystic contemplation of or union with God. [1640–50]

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self-annihilation - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"self-destruction, suicidekill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a lifeassisted suicide - suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possiblefelo-de-se - an act of deliberate self destructionharakiri, hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku - ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese societysuttee - the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband