消滅
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse
2. annihilation
Kanji used
Pitch accent
しょうめつ
Used in vocabulary
自然消滅
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
Noun
Examples8
虎
The tiger is a vanishing species.
その
The nation ceased to exist.
もし
If the sun were to go out, all living things would die.
もし
If the sun were to go out, all living things would die.
もし
Without oxygen, all animals would have disappeared long ago.
破壊
It has been estimated that, as a result of the destruction, fifty species of wildlife are disappearing from the earth each day.