消siu1滅mit6

English

1. to put an end to
2. to destroy
3. to eliminate; to annihilate; to make something perish
4. to annihilate
5. to cause to perish
6. to perish
7. annihilation (in quantum field theory)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 令到唔再存在

Examples

• 消滅罪案

  to eliminate crime

• 消滅敵人

  to eliminate enemies

• 消滅害蟲

  to eliminate pests

• 他们奋斗的目标是消灭天花。

  They are struggling with the goal of wiping out smallpox.

  Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

• 奧陶紀—志留紀滅絕事件消滅了近 85% 的海洋物種。

  The Ordovician-Silurian Extinction Event wiped out nearly 85% of marine species.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY