Meaning
destroy · overthrow · perish · ruin
On'yomi
メツ
Kun'yomi
ほろ.びる · ほろ.ぶ · ほろ.ぼす
Common compounds (21)
- 湮滅 えんめつhiding; concealment
- 壊滅 かいめつ(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
- 消滅 しょうめつannihilation
- 亡びる ほろびるto go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct; to perish
- 絶滅 ぜつめつextinction; extermination
- 撲滅 ぼくめつeradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
- 破滅 はめつruin; destruction; fall
- 亡ぼす ほろぼすto destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
- 滅亡 めつぼうdownfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
- 自滅 じめつnatural decay; perishing naturally
- 点滅 てんめつswitching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
- 不滅 ふめつimmortal; undying; indestructible