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nihil

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈnɪ.hɪl/Part of speech nounSorted hiilnStarts with NEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)

Word origin

From Latin nihil, nil.

Used in a sentence

  • I shall no longer believe all the visions of my youth: They have dissolved into nihil.
  • All tales about the beginning are apt to eliminate the nothing and make being overall. […] Without Nihil the whirlpool of the beginning settles down and becomes a stagnant puddle of pure being. Nihil disappears.
  • That is, in the sovereign act of creation, whereby YHWH orders chaos, YHWH provisionally defeated the power of the Nihil but did not destroy or eliminate the threat of chaos.

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