灭绝

滅絕
mièjué
  1. to become extinct; to die out
  2. to lose (sth abstract) completely
  3. to exterminate

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 灭 miè
  1. to extinguish or put out
  2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. to drown
=2 绝 jué
  1. to cut short
  2. extinct
  3. to disappear
  4. to vanish
  5. absolutely
  6. by no means
=2 绝 jué variant of 绝 jué