滅〔灭〕 mit⁶ {miè}

1. to extinguish or put out
2. to go out (of a fire etc)
3. to exterminate or wipe out
4. to drown

滅跡〔灭迹〕 mit⁶ zik¹ {miè jì}

to destroy evidence; to erase the traces of one's crime

滅茬〔灭-〕 mit⁶ caa⁴ {miè chá}

to clear stubble from fields (agriculture)

滅除〔灭-〕 mit⁶ ceoi⁴ {miè chú}

1. to eliminate
2. to kill off

滅頂〔灭顶〕 mit⁶ deng² {miè dǐng}

to be drowned (figurative and literal)

滅掉〔灭-〕 mit⁶ diu⁶ {miè diào}

to eliminate

滅度〔灭-〕 mit⁶ dou⁶ {miè dù}

1. to extinguish worries and the sea of grief
2. nirvana (Buddhism)

滅火〔灭-〕 mit⁶ fo² {miè huǒ}

1. to extinguish a fire
2. firefighting

滅口〔灭-〕 mit⁶ hau² {miè kǒu}

1. to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret
2. to silence sb

滅菌〔灭-〕 mit⁶ kwan² {miè jūn}

to sterilize

滅亡〔灭-〕 mit⁶ mong⁴ {miè wáng}

1. to be destroyed
2. to become extinct
3. to perish
4. to die out
5. to destroy
6. to exterminate

滅門〔灭门〕 mit⁶ mun⁴ {miè mén}

to exterminate an entire family

滅失〔灭-〕 mit⁶ sat¹ {miè shī}

loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)

滅族〔灭-〕 mit⁶ zuk⁶ {miè zú}

extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)

滅種〔灭种〕 mit⁶ zung² {miè zhǒng}

1. to commit genocide
2. to become extinct
3. extinction of a race

滅絕〔灭绝〕 mit⁶ zyut⁶ {miè jué}

1. to extinguish
2. to become extinct
3. to die out

滅火喉〔灭--〕 mit⁶ fo² hau⁴ {miè huǒ hóu}

fire hydrant; fire hose

滅火筒〔灭--〕 mit⁶ fo² tung² {miè huǒ tǒng}

fire extinguisher

滅蟲寧〔灭虫宁〕 mit⁶ cung⁴ ning⁴ {miè chóng nìng}

bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine

滅火器〔灭--〕 mit⁶ fo² hei³ {miè huǒ qì}

fire extinguisher

滅音器〔灭--〕 mit⁶ jam¹ hei³ {miè yīn qì}

muffler (of an internal combustion engine)

滅鼠藥〔灭-药〕 mit⁶ syu² joek⁶ {miè shǔ yào}

rat poison

滅種罪〔灭种-〕 mit⁶ zung² zeoi⁶ {miè zhǒng zuì}

genocide

滅此朝食〔灭---〕 mit⁶ ci² ziu¹ sik⁶ {miè cǐ zhāo shí}

1. lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed
2. anxious to do battle (idiom)

滅絕人性〔灭绝--〕 mit⁶ zyut⁶ jan⁴ sing³ {miè jué rén xìng}

1. savage
2. cannibalistic

滅絕種族〔灭绝种-〕 mit⁶ zyut⁶ zung² zuk⁶ {miè jué zhǒng zú}

genocide