Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 灭

to extinguish or put out
to go out (of a fire etc)
to exterminate or wipe out
to drown

to flicker
to flash on and off
to brighten and fade

extinct

(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate
(of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment

to extinguish worries and the sea of grief
nirvana (Buddhism)

to eradicate
to extinguish

(video gaming) to eliminate an entire team
to get wiped out

to perish
to ruin
to destroy

to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)

to massacre
to die out

to fade away
to vanish
to disappear

to stop burning
to go out (of fire)
to die out
extinguished

to perish
extinction

to die out
to fade away
nirvana (Buddhism)

to wipe out
to exterminate

to be drowned (figurative and literal)

to clear stubble from fields (agriculture)

to put an end to
to annihilate
to cause to perish
to perish
annihilation (in quantum field theory)

to extinguish a fire
firefighting

to exterminate an entire family

to eliminate (by armed force)

to commit genocide
to become extinct
extinction of a race

to absorb

destruction

to become extinct; to die out
to lose (sth abstract) completely
to exterminate

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret
to silence sb

to obliterate
to die out
to disappear

on the brink of extinction

to eliminate

to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity

life and death

(video gaming) to eliminate an entire team
to get wiped out

to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out
to destroy; to exterminate

to eliminate; to kill off

to annihilate
to exterminate
extinction

to wipe out
to crush
to annihilate

to conquer
to defeat (militarily)

to submerge
to flood
to bury

extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)

to be shattered
to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)

to obliterate
to erase

to sterilize

to exterminate

loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

genocide

muffler (of an internal combustion engine)

rat poison

destructive
devastating

mass extinction

fire extinguisher

mass extinction

mièchóngnìng

bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine

bànmíngbùmiè

dull (lamplight)

to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it

zhǒngzúmièjué

genocide

fú Qīngmièyáng

Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)

the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦 (kǔ), the cause of suffering is desire 集 (jí), emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅／灭 (miè), the way 道 (dào) to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道 (bāzhèngdào)
also called 四諦／四谛 (sìdì)

jiǎtúmiè Guó

lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner

shārén-mièkǒu

(idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth

zìqǔmièwáng

to court disaster (idiom)
to dig one's own grave

huīfēiyānmiè

lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
fig. to be annihilated
to vanish in a puff of smoke

shuānglümiètòng

diclofenac painkiller
also called 扶他林

chǒngqièmièqī

favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife

mièjuérénxìng

to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial

indelible

miècǐzhāoshí

lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed
anxious to do battle (idiom)

wángguómièzhǒng

country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction

zìshēngzìmiè

to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)

xīngmièjìjué

lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom)
fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten

mièjuézhǒngzú

to commit genocide

shēngwùdàmièjué

生物大灭绝

[生物大滅絕]

great extinction of species

xiānghùbǎozhènghuǐmiè

相互保证毁灭

[相互保證毀滅]

mutual assured destruction

rénbùwèijǐ,tiānzhūdìmiè

人不为己，天诛地灭

[人不為己，天誅地滅]

Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.