灭 miè

extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

HSK 6 #953

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

灭 stroke order diagram
灭 stroke order animation

WORDS

毁灭 huǐ miè
HSK 6
to perish; to ruin; to destroy
消灭 xiāo miè
HSK 6
to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
灭亡 miè wáng
HSK 6
to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
熄灭 xī miè
HSK 6
to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
灭绝 miè jué to extinguish; to become extinct; to die out
破灭 pò miè to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
灭火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire; firefighting
灭口 miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb
扑灭 pū miè to eradicate; to extinguish
毁灭性 huǐ miè xìng destructive; devastating
自生自灭 zì shēng zì miè to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
灭火器 miè huǒ qì fire extinguisher
歼灭 jiān miè to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
灰飞烟灭 huī fēi yān miè lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke
湮灭 yīn miè to destroy; to disappear; annihilation
覆灭 fù miè destruction
磨灭 mó miè to obliterate; to erase
幻灭 huàn miè (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate; (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment
灭种 miè zhǒng to commit genocide; to become extinct; extinction of a race
不可磨灭 bù kě mó miè indelible
泯灭 mǐn miè to obliterate; to die out; to disappear
灭菌 miè jūn to sterilize
灭绝人性 miè jué rén xìng to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial
剿灭 jiǎo miè to eliminate (by armed force)
大义灭亲 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
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