WordTaiwan frequency #28,578
湮滅
ㄧㄣ ㄇㄧㄝˋ
“to obliterate; to annihilate; to bury; to cause to sink into obscurity”
AI-written definition, grounded in Unihan and Moedict. How this works
§
Characters in this word
2 characters · tap any to see its full entry
§
Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 消滅ㄒㄧㄠ ㄇㄧㄝˋto eliminate; to wipe out; to annihilate; to eradicate; to destroy completely; to cause to perish; annihilation
- 毀滅ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄝˋto destroy; to ruin; to cause to perish; to wipe out completely.
- 滅亡ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄨㄤˊto be destroyed; to perish; to become extinct; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- 滅絕ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊto become extinct; to wipe out completely; to exterminate; to cause total destruction
- 撲滅ㄆㄨ ㄇㄧㄝˋto extinguish; to put out; to eradicate; to stamp out
- 滅火ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇto extinguish a fire; to put out a fire
- 熄滅ㄒㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋto go out; to stop burning; to be extinguished; to die out; to cease; to come to an end
- 殲滅ㄐㄧㄢ ㄇㄧㄝˋto completely wipe out; to annihilate; to destroy utterly
- 破滅ㄆㄛˋ ㄇㄧㄝˋdestruction; ruin; collapse; usually refers to hopes or illusions being shattered
- 滅火器ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧˋfire extinguisher; portable device containing pressurized agents to put out fires
- 毀滅性ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋdestructive; devastating; ruinous; catastrophic
- 滅頂ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇto drown; submerged underwater; figuratively, to suffer a fatal or devastating disaster