扑灭pūmièTop 15000Meanings1. to eradicate2. to extinguishCharacters used扑to throw oneself at灭to extinguishExamples2蜡烛làzhú是shì自己zìjǐ熄灭xīmiè的de，而ér不是bùshì被bèi扑灭pūmiè的de。The candle went out instead of having been put out.消防队员xiāofángduìyuán把bǎ火huǒ扑灭pūmiè了le。The fire fighters put out the fire.