Keyword
to extinguish
- to wipe out
- Frequency
- #1075
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
miè100%
Mnemonic
To cover 一 a flame 火
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
消灭
to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
毁灭
to perish; to ruin; to destroy
灭亡
to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
灭
to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
灭绝
to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate
歼灭
to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
破灭
to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
灭火
to extinguish a fire; firefighting
毁灭性
destructive; devastating
扑灭
to eradicate; to extinguish
种族灭绝
genocide
熄灭
to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
灭口
to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb
覆灭
destruction
自生自灭
to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
灭火器
fire extinguisher
灰飞烟灭
lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke
幻灭
(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate; (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment
湮灭
to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity
灭门
to exterminate an entire family
剿灭
to eliminate (by armed force)
磨灭
to obliterate; to erase
杀灭
to exterminate
泯灭
to obliterate; to die out; to disappear