淹灭

Traditional form:

淹滅

Pinyin (reading):

yānmiè

Definitions:

• to submerge
• to flood
• to bury

Characters:

• 淹 - to drown, to immerse, to steep
• 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out

Traditional characters:

• 淹 - to drown, to immerse, to steep
• 滅 - to extinguish; to wipe out