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Meaning of 壊滅 in Japanese
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壊滅, 潰滅
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Kana Readingかいめつ
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Romajikaimetsu
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Word Senses
Examples of 壊滅, 潰滅, かいめつ in a sentence
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The city perished in the earthquake.
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Mere decay produces richer life.
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The king crushed his enemies.
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Pollution has a disastrous effect on the ecology of a region.
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Another storm, and our village would have been ruined.
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It proved to be the deathblow to their plan.
Kanji in this word
滅
JLPT 1
13 strokes
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
On'Yomi: メツ
Kun'Yomi: ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす
壊
JLPT 1
16 strokes
demolition, break, destroy
On'Yomi: カイ, エ
Kun'Yomi: こわ.す, こわ.れる, やぶ.る