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Let denote an ideal in a Noetherian ring R, and M a finitely generated R-module. We introduce the concept of the cohomological dimension filtration $={M_i}_{i=0}^c$, where c = cd(,M) and $M_i$ denotes the largest submodule of M such that $cd(,M_i)\le i$. Some properties of this filtration are investigated. In particular, if (R,) is local and c = dim M, we are able to determine the annihilator of the top local cohomology module $H_{}^c\left(M\right)$, namely $An{n}_R\left(H_{}^c\left(M\right)\right)=An{n}_R(M/M_{c-1})$. As a consequence, there exists an ideal of R such that $An{n}_R\left(H_{}^c\left(M\right)\right)=An{n}_R(M/H{⁰}_{}\left(M\right))$. This generalizes the main results...