滅 miè

extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

DEFINITIONS

  • extinguish
  • wipe out, exterminate
  • to extinguish or put out
  • to go out (of a fire etc)
  • to exterminate or wipe out
  • to drown

WORDS

不可磨滅 bù kě mó miè indelible
亡國滅種 wáng guó miè zhǒng country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
人不為己，天誅地滅 rén bù wèi jǐ ， tiān zhū dì miè Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.; Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
假途滅虢 jiǎ tú miè guó lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
剿滅 jiǎo miè to eliminate (by armed force)
半明不滅 bàn míng bù miè dull (lamplight)
吞滅 tūn miè to absorb
大滅絕 dà miè jué mass extinction
大絕滅 dà jué miè mass extinction
大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
夷滅 yí miè to massacre; to die out
寂滅 jì miè to die out; to fade away; nirvana (Buddhism)
寵妾滅妻 chǒng qiè miè qī favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom); spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
已滅 yǐ miè extinct
幻滅 huàn miè (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate; (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment
扶清滅洋 fú qīng miè yáng Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
撲滅 pū miè to eradicate; to extinguish
攻滅 gōng miè to conquer; to defeat (militarily)
斷滅 duàn miè annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
斷滅論 duàn miè lùn annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
族滅 zú miè to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
明滅 míng miè to flicker; to flash on and off; to brighten and fade
殲滅 jiān miè to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
殺滅 shā miè to exterminate
毀滅 huǐ miè to perish; to ruin; to destroy
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