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滅
Destroy, Ruin, Overthrow, Perish
13 strokes
N1
On readings 音読み
めつ
Kun readings 訓読み
ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
Built from
Tsunami
Slide
Drunkard
Ground
Fire
Words using 滅
滅多に
めったに
rarely (with neg. verb)
N3
絶滅
ぜつめつ
destruction
N3
滅びる
ほろびる
to be ruined
N1
滅ぼす
ほろぼす
to destroy
N1
Stroke order & more on Jisho
全滅
ぜんめつ
annihilation
N1
滅亡
めつぼう
downfall
N1
消滅
しょうめつ
extinction ; extinguishment ; disappearance ; vanishing ; termination ; lapse
殲滅
せんめつ
annihilation ; extermination ; (total) destruction ; wiping out
破滅
はめつ
ruin ; destruction ; fall
自滅
じめつ
self-destruction ; ruining oneself
壊滅
かいめつ
(complete) destruction
壊滅
かいめつ
(complete) destruction ; annihilation ; devastation
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