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壊滅
かいめつ
noun
anime:evangelion-tv
anime-category:vocabulary
curated-media-vocabulary
Meanings
1
(complete) destruction ; annihilation ; devastation
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Kanji in this word
壊
Demolition, Break, Destroy
16 strokes
滅
Destroy, Ruin, Overthrow
13 strokes
More words with
壊
崩壊
ほうかい ·
collapse
N1
破壊
はかい ·
destruction
N1
壊す
こわす ·
to break
N4
壊れる
こわれる ·
to be broken
N4
壊滅
かいめつ ·
(complete) destruction
Full entry on Jisho
損壊
そんかい ·
damage
取り壊し
とりこわし ·
demolition
壊す
こわす ·
to break, to destroy, to demolish; to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage
More words with
滅
消滅
しょうめつ ·
extinction
絶滅
ぜつめつ ·
destruction
N3
撲滅
ぼくめつ ·
eradication
破滅
はめつ ·
ruin
滅茶苦茶
めちゃくちゃ ·
absurd
滅多に
めったに ·
rarely (with neg. verb)
N3
滅亡
めつぼう ·
downfall
N1