滅	1012B50   63A.71-7	部居	畫數  13	ㄇㄧㄝˋ [mie4] .
V	(1)  Extinguish, blot out, obliterate: 滅火 extinguish fire, 滅火筒 fire-extinguisher; 滅水喉 fire hose; 滅燈 put out the light; 滅了良心 blot out conscience; 滅心，滅性 dehumanize; 滅門，滅戶 exterminate entire family; 滅族，滅種 genocide, exterminate entire race; 毀屍滅跡 chop up corpse and obliterate traces; 滅口 silence witness of crime by killing him; 滅此朝食 (AC) (promise to) destroy enemy before breakfast. (2)  Oft. used as vb. complement to form comp.: 撲滅 beat and put out fire; 剿滅匪寇 destroy completely bandits; 殲滅敵人 annihilate enemy.
Words	1.滅掉 [mie4diao4], v.t., destroy, annihilate, obliterate.  2.滅頂 [mie4ding3], v.i., be drowned (“head submerged”).  3.滅絕 [mie4jUe2], v.t., destroy completely, annihilate.  4.滅沒 [mie4mo4], v.i. & t., (make) disappear, be gone.  5.滅亡 [mie4wang2], v.i., perish: 自取滅亡 seek one's own downfall; n., perdition.