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    3. 消滅

    消滅

    消しょう滅めつ

    extinction

    KMT6News #10+1CoreNoun, Participle, VerbNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab23 strokes

    しょうめつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    extinction, extinguishment, disappearance, vanishing, termination, lapse
    2.
    annihilation
    physics

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    その古ふるい伝でん統とうは、時じ代だいとともに消しょう滅めつしました。

    That old tradition disappeared with the times.

    KMT5Culture & Traditions
    絶ぜつ滅めつ危き惧ぐ種しゅの保ほ護ご活かつ動どうがなければ、多おおくの動どう物ぶつが消しょう滅めつしてしまうだろう。

    Without conservation efforts for endangered species, many animals would face extinction.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentAnimals
    地ち球きゅう温おん暖だん化かにより、多おおくの氷ひょう河がが消しょう滅めつの危き機きに瀕ひんしています。

    Due to global warming, many glaciers are on the verge of disappearing.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentWeather & Geography
    誤あやまってデータを消しょう滅めつさせてしまい、復ふっ旧きゅうに時じ間かんがかかりました。

    I accidentally deleted the data, and it took a long time to recover it.

    KMT6TechnologyWork & Career
    彼かれの記き憶おくからその出で来き事ごとが完かん全ぜんに消しょう滅めつすることはなかった。

    That event never completely vanished from his memory.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    消
    き.える・け.す…(1)
    extinguish・blow out・turn off・neutralize・cancel
    滅
    ほろ.びる・ほろ.ぶ・ほろ.ぼす…(1)
    destroy・ruin・overthrow・perish
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