破灭

Traditional form:

破滅

Pinyin (reading):

pòmiè

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out

Traditional characters:

• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 滅 - to extinguish; to wipe out