n. (Hira=しょうめつ) lapse, eradication, extinction, annihilation, cancellation, extinguishment

v. (Hira=しょうめつする) lapse, vanish, disappear, extinguish

v. (Simp=消灭, Pinyin=xiao1 mie4) eliminate, wipe out, die out, perish, extirpate, rubbish

[掃滅] a (clean) sweep; extermination

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[消滅] extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; nullification; termination

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[燒滅] destruction by fire

[掃滅-] sweep away [off]; drive off; clear away [off]; make a clean sweep of; deterge; make an end of; stamp [root] out; exterminate; eradicate

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[消滅-] become extinct; cease to exist; disappear; vanish; lapse; be nullified; become null [void]; be extinguished; terminate; be expiated

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[燒滅-] destroy by fire; reduce [be reduced] to ashes