灭绝

Traditional form:

滅絕

Pinyin (reading):

mièjué

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out
• 绝 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate

Traditional characters:

• 滅 - to extinguish; to wipe out
• 絕 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate