シメツ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. extinction; annihilation; destruction
Pitch accent
シ
メツ
Composed of
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
destruction; ruin; nirvana; cessation (of earthly desires); dying (from overwhelming emotion); being overwhelmed (by something)
Examples (1 in total)
Dinosaurs are now extinct.