| 消灭 | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) | |
| 毁灭 | huǐ miè | to perish; to ruin; to destroy | |
| 灭亡 | miè wáng | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate | |
| 灭绝 | miè jué | to extinguish; to become extinct; to die out | |
| 熄灭 | xī miè | to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished |
| 1 | We need to eliminate poverty. | |
| 2 | The soldiers were ordered to exterminate the enemy forces. | |
| 3 | The firefighters are doing their utmost to extinguish the fire. | |
| 4 | Firefighters need to know how to extinguish fires. | |
| 5 | Pollution has caused the extinction of many precious species. |
