ほろぼす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
That kingdom was destroyed by the neighboring country.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
to sacrifice family for a greater cause
Examples (5 in total)
That kingdom was destroyed by the neighboring country.
If we can't destroy it, we'll just have to seal it away.
Many animals have been destroyed by men.