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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.(of a light, fire, etc.) go out
炉子已经灭了。
The stove has gone out.
灭灯。
Turn off the light
蜡烛要灭了。
The candle is fading.
antonym
- 2
v.annihilate; do away with; eradicate; destroy; exterminate; wipe out
你这是自灭。
You are perishing of yourself.
不能长他人志气，灭自己威风。
We can't boost other people's morale and reduce our own courage.
我要找人把苍蝇灭了！
I am gonna ask someone to help with perishing flies!
synonym
- 3
v.submerge; inundate; drown
灭顶
be drowned
Words and phrases with 灭
- 灭火弹[word]fire-extinguishing bomb
- 灭鼠剂[word]rat-bane
- 灭亡[word]be destroyed; peril
- 灭生点[word]killing point
- 灭绝[word]become extinct; lose completely
- 灭活[word]deactivate
- 灭弧[word]blowout
- 灭谛[word]Nirodhasatya
- 灭口[word]do away with a accomplice to prevent leakage of information
- 灭门绝户[idiom]the extinction of a whole family
- 灭顶之灾[idiom]fatal and overwhelming disaster
- 灭绝人性[idiom]inhuman
- 灭此朝食[idiom]be anxious to finish off the enemy immediately
- 灭门之祸[idiom]the calamity of family extermination