And in spite of the pressure, the pain, and the threat of near annihilation of themselves, their ship, and the world whose survival had ultimately rested entirely on them, neither had they.

The conflict took the lives eight percent the male population of the Plymouth Colony and resulted in the near annihilation of several Indian tribes.

The battle ended with a near annihilation of the Siamese force.

The tornado sped to the northeast, killing two and causing $500,000 worth of property damage and the near annihilation of Annapolis, then struck the mining town of Leadanna.

The paralyzing charge into the bogs and the slaughter that followed resulted in the near annihilation of the nobility of the Principality of Achaea and its vassal states.

A key factor was the surprise attack which included the near annihilation of the total Soviet airforce by simultaneous attacks on airfields.

He retired from politics in 1993, side-stepping the near annihilation of the PC party in the 1993 election under the leadership of Mulroney's successor Kim Campbell.

The result was not merely the defeat of our forces but their near annihilation.

But when the near annihilation of a culture is at issue, it's hard to pull off; even Cynthia Ozick hasn't tried.

Though bedeviled in recent centuries by near annihilation, broken land treaties and enforced reservation life, those tribes have histories that go back tens of thousands of years.