- to put an end to
- to annihilate
- to cause to perish
- to perish
- annihilation (in quantum field theory)
Characters
- 消 (消): to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- 灭 (滅): to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
Resources
- Wiktionary: 消灭
- MDBG: 消灭
- Examples with 消灭 on Tatoeba
Examples
经过几十年的山林绿化事业，秃头山基本上都被消灭了。
在今年头3个月中，我军消灭敌军五万五。
他们奋斗的目标是消灭天花。
不管侵略者什么时候来, 都必被消灭。
精神就是形体，形体就是精神。因此，形体存在，精神才存在，形体衰亡，精神也就消灭。