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しめつ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. extinction; annihilation; destruction
Alt. forms
死
し
滅
めつ
100%
しめつ
Pitch accent
し
めつ
Conjugations...
Composed of
し
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
めつ
destruction; ruin; nirvana; cessation (of earthly desires); dying (from overwhelming emotion); being overwhelmed (by something)
Examples (1 in total)
恐
きょう
竜
りゅう
は
現
げん
在
ざい
では
しめつして
しまった。
Dinosaurs are now extinct.