destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

On'yomi
メツ
Kun'yomi
ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす
Parts
ノ氵戈火similar kanji →
JLPT N213 strokesSecondary#1222 most commonU+6EC5

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Words using 滅

  • 隠滅いんめつdestruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppressionN5
  • 壊滅かいめつ(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastationN5
  • 幻滅げんめつdisillusionment; disillusion; disenchantmentN5
  • 自滅じめつself-destruction; ruining oneselfN5
  • 消滅しょうめつextinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapseN5
  • 絶滅ぜつめつextinction; exterminationN5
  • 全滅ぜんめつtotal destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; being wiped outN5
  • 点滅てんめつswitching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickeringN5
  • 破滅はめつruin; destruction; fallN5
  • 撲滅ぼくめつeradication; extermination; destruction; suppressionN5
  • 滅多めったthoughtless; reckless; careless; rashN5
  • 滅茶苦茶めちゃくちゃabsurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherentN5
  • 滅亡めつぼうdownfall; ruin; collapse; destructionN5
  • 滅びるほろびるto go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perishN5
  • 滅ぼすほろぼすto destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruinN5
  • 滅多にめったにrarely; seldomN5
  • 不滅ふめつimmortal; undying; indestructibleN3
  • 滅入るめいるto feel depressedN3
  • 滅法めっぽうextraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; awfully; unreasonably; absurdlyN3
  • 滅私奉公めっしほうこうselfless devotionN3