miè

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Definitions

  1. 1. to extinguish or put out
  2. 2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. 3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. 4. to drown

Example Sentences

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火已經 了。
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Words Containing 灭

歼灭
jiān miè

to wipe out

毁灭
huǐ miè

to perish

消灭
xiāo miè

to put an end to

灭亡
miè wáng

to be destroyed

灭绝
miè jué

to become extinct; to die out

熄灭
xī miè

to stop burning

破灭
pò miè

to be shattered

不可磨灭
bù kě mó miè

indelible

亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng

country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction

人不为己,天诛地灭
rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè

Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.

假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè guó

lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner

剿灭
jiǎo miè

to eliminate (by armed force)

半明不灭
bàn míng bù miè

dull (lamplight)

吞灭
tūn miè

to absorb

团灭
tuán miè

(video gaming) to eliminate an entire team

大灭绝
dà miè jué

mass extinction

大绝灭
dà jué miè

mass extinction

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

夷灭
yí miè

to massacre

寂灭
jì miè

to die out

宠妾灭妻
chǒng qiè miè qī

favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)

已灭
yǐ miè

extinct

幻灭
huàn miè

(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish

扶清灭洋
fú qīng miè yáng

Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)

扑灭
pū miè

to eradicate

攻灭
gōng miè

to conquer

断灭
duàn miè

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

断灭论
duàn miè lùn

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

明灭
míng miè

to flicker

杀灭
shā miè

to exterminate

毁灭性
huǐ miè xìng

destructive

泯灭
mǐn miè

to obliterate

沦灭
lún miè

to perish

淹灭
yān miè

to submerge

湮灭
yīn miè

to destroy

灭口
miè kǒu

to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret

灭团
miè tuán

(video gaming) to eliminate an entire team

灭失
miè shī

loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)

灭度
miè dù

to extinguish worries and the sea of grief

灭掉
miè diào

to eliminate

灭族
miè zú

extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)

灭此朝食
miè cǐ zhāo shí

lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed

灭火
miè huǒ

to extinguish a fire

灭火器
miè huǒ qì

fire extinguisher

灭种
miè zhǒng

to commit genocide

灭种罪
miè zhǒng zuì

genocide

灭绝人性
miè jué rén xìng

to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial

灭绝种族
miè jué zhǒng zú

to commit genocide

灭茬
miè chá

to clear stubble from fields (agriculture)

灭菌
miè jūn

to sterilize

灭虫宁
miè chóng nìng

bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine

灭门
miè mén

to exterminate an entire family

灭除
miè chú

to eliminate; to kill off

灭音器
miè yīn qì

muffler (of an internal combustion engine)

灭顶
miè dǐng

to be drowned (figurative and literal)

灭鼠药
miè shǔ yào

rat poison

濒灭
bīn miè

on the brink of extinction

灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè

lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)

生灭
shēng miè

life and death

生物大灭绝
shēng wù dà miè jué

great extinction of species

相互保证毁灭
xiāng hù bǎo zhèng huǐ miè

mutual assured destruction

磨灭
mó miè

to obliterate

种族灭绝
zhǒng zú miè jué

genocide

绝灭
jué miè

to annihilate

自取灭亡
zì qǔ miè wáng

to court disaster (idiom)

自生自灭
zì shēng zì miè

to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)

兴灭继绝
xīng miè jì jué

fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten

苦集灭道
kǔ jí miè dào

also called 四諦|四谛[sì dì]

覆灭
fù miè

destruction

诛灭
zhū miè

to wipe out

隐灭
yǐn miè

to fade away

双氯灭痛
shuāng lǜ miè tòng

diclofenac painkiller