絕滅

绝灭
juémiè
  1. to annihilate
  2. to exterminate
  3. extinction

CEDICT

  1. (intransitive) to die out; to become extinct
  2. (transitive) to wipe out; to eliminate; to annihilate
  3. to die out; to become extinct
  4. to wipe out; to eliminate; to annihilate

Wiktionary

滅盡。

重編國語辭典

  1. 殲滅
  2. 消失

維基詞典

Entry Composition

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

Containing this entry

大絕滅 dàjuémiè mass extinction

Related entries

全殲 quánjiān
  1. to annihilate
  2. to wipe out completely
  3. to exterminate
殲 jiān
  1. to annihilate
  2. abbr. for 殲擊機 jiānjījī, fighter plane
殲擊 jiānjī
  1. to annihilate
  2. to attack and destroy
  3. Jianji, PRC fighter plane based on Soviet MiG
  4. usually 殲擊8型8型
聚殲 jùjiān
  1. to annihilate
  2. to round up and wipe out
消滅 xiāomiè
  1. to put an end to
  2. to annihilate
  3. to cause to perish
  4. to perish
  5. annihilation (in quantum field theory)
他们奋斗的目标是消灭天花。

They are struggling with the goal of wiping out smallpox.

Source: Tatoeba

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