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Since I don't know the context your putting the word in I'll give you all of the meanings
1: the state or fact of being completely destroyed or obliterated.
2: the act of annihilating something or the state of being annihilated
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C. Asking the audience questions over the course of the essay.
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If Michael could have taken the noon train, he would have been in time for the meeting this evening
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He is using a drawl so the reader can picture the literary technique used in the story.