滅ほろぼす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
That kingdom was destroyed by the neighboring country.
Kanji used
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Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
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.
Some people ruin themselves through gambling.
We think nuclear weapons will destroy our earth.