DESTROY    消滅

DAMAGE something so as to CAUSE it to CEASE to EXIST.
DEMOLISHKNOCK DOWNLEVELRAZE (TO THE GROUND)FELLWRECKRUINSHATTERBLASTBLOW UPDYNAMITEEXPLODEBOMB
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for destruction of any kind is huǐ 毀, and what is destroyed may anything from a toy or a house to a state. 2. Miè 滅 refers to the physical destruction of cities or states, and the word implies the use of external military force, and typically military resistance. 3. Pò 破 is always violent destruction of concrete objects of any kind. 4. Cán 殘 focusses on the reckless attitude shown by the destroyer. 5. Yāng 殃 focusses on the disaster constituted by destruction, and this word is used mostly nominally. 6. Suì 碎 focusses on complete smashing into small pieces of what is destroyed. 7. Huài 壞 and huī 墮 / 隳 are "to be destroyed, to collapse" but the words are also used transitively "cause to be destroyed, cause to collapse". 8. Wáng 亡 (ant. fù 復 "reestablish") refers to the political/social ruin of a state and does not focus on any form of physical annihilation or damage. 9. Bài 敗 and zéi 賊 are currently used for the destruction of abstract things such as dé 德 "virtue".
Modern Chinese Criteria
消滅 is perhaps the most general modern word for destroying. 毀滅 refers to complete destruction. 損壞 refers to destruction as impairment. 弄壞 is a mild word for ruining something. 破壞 refers to smashing and ruining something. 毀壞 focusses on the annihilation of what is ruined, (but may also just indicate damage). 覆亡 (of dynasties etc) refers to the demise of an institution. 破裂 摧殘 摧毀 損害 損壞 壞 爛 破 碎 毀 摔 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • ATTACKnew-102528d3-0582-4f6f-a528-d305828f6f71　TRY to DESTROY OR DAMAGE USING WARFARE OR FIGHT. (anc: 12/0, child: 4)
  • 　 (anc: 12/0, child: 0)
  • GRIND　DESTROY so as to CAUSE to BECOME INTENSELY SMALL PIECES by SQUEEZING INTENSELY BETWEEN FLAT STONES. (anc: 12/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • ESTABLISHCAUSE TO BECOME:come to ENDURINGLY EXIST.
  • REPAIRWORK so as to CAUSE TO BECOME EXCELLENT RESEMBLE:as in the PAST AGAIN.
See also
  • BREAK OFFREMOVE VIOLENTLY by TWISTING OR BENDING INTENSELY.
Hypernym
  • DAMAGE　CHANGE so as to CAUSE TO BECOME MORE BAD. (anc: 10/0, child: 8)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.27

  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( Comenius 1665) p. 449

    ABOLERE, destruere, annihilare. Ab esse ad non esse deducere.

    [See also CHANGE]

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p. 1

    abolere is to reduce to nothing, perhaps like mie4 滅, whereas

    delere is only to ruin, reduce to ruins, make useless.

    ABOLERE means to annul, to annihilate, and, as far as possible, to remove from the universe and cast into oblivion; but d e 1 e r e to destroy, to bring a thing to nought, and make it useless.

    DESTROY

    vastare refers to the laying waste, from rage or a policy to destroy the prperty of an enemy.

    populari is to plunder for one's own profit on a large scale.

    diripere is to plunder on a small scale.

    spoliari is an act of plundering as part of open warfare.

    expilare is to plunder in times of peace.

    peculari is to plunder so as to take away large amounts of money from someone.

    DESTROY

    perdere refers to destruction by breaking to pieces or any other mode of destroying.

    pessundare refers to destruction by sinking or any other mode of getting rid of.

    evertere refers to destroying by digging up and tearing up what is fastened in the ground.

    pervertere refers to destruction by punshing down what stands fast.

    subvertere refers to destruction by secretly digging under, and withdrawing the basis.

    DESTROY

    destruere refers to destroying a temporary structure.

    demoliri refers to destroying a solid permanent structure.

    DESTRUCTION

    pernicies refers to destruction of a living person by murder.

    exitium refers to violent (passive) destruction even of lifeless objects by annihilation

    interitus refers indifferently to the destruction of living or lifeless objects by general decay.

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 137

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 152

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 107

  • “孟子”同義詞研究 ( MENGZI TONGYI 2002) p. 250

  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 617

    亡，滅

    1. WL claims that wa2ng 亡 cannot be used as a transitive verb. In fact, however, wa2ng 亡 is common as a causative verb "cause to be ruined". Wa2ng 亡 is quite commnon as a transitive vrb, but the same time it remains remarkable that suo3 wa2ng 所亡 "what is lost" does not seem to mean "what is destroyed", neither does wa2ng zhi1 亡之 come to mean "destroyed it".

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 302

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 92

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 222

    殲滅

    消滅

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 350

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.342:229

    DEMOLIR.RASER.DEMATELER.DETRUIRE

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.295.256

    ANEANTIR.DETRUIRE

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 235

    DESTRUCTION OF CITY

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 57B

    • Words (85 items)

    亡  wáng OC: maŋ MC: mi̯ɐŋ 156 Attributions

    Wáng 亡 (ant. fù 復 "reestablish") refers to the political/social ruin of a state and does not focus on any form of physical annihilation or damage.

      Word relations
    • Subject: 國/STATE The dominant word is guó 國, and the word naturally focusses on the capital which defines the identity of the state, but from Warring States times the word does refer to the whole of the territory, as the term guó xiāo 國削 "the state was truncated" shows.
    • Ant: 立/ESTABLISH The current general word for setting up anything abstract or concrete is lì 立 and the almost equally common shè 設.
    • Ant: 昌/FLOURISH Chāng 昌 and xīng 興 (all ant. wáng 亡 "be ruined"), and lóng 隆 (ant. tì 替 "decline") refer primarily to the flourishing of political institutions and the like.
    • Ant: 興/FLOURISH
    • Object: 國/STATE The dominant word is guó 國, and the word naturally focusses on the capital which defines the identity of the state, but from Warring States times the word does refer to the whole of the territory, as the term guó xiāo 國削 "the state was truncated" shows.
    • Assoc: 亂/CHAOS The very dominant word in this group is luàn 亂 (ant. zhì 治 "state of good government, state of good order") which refers to all kinds of reprehensible lack of order.
    • Assoc: 危/DANGER The current standard general word for real objective as well as perceived imminent danger is wēi 危 (ant. ān 安 "peace").
    • Assoc: 敗/DEFEAT The current general word for defeating someoneor some state in any form of battle is bài 敗.
    • Assoc: 滅/DESTROY Miè 滅 refers to the physical destruction of cities or states, and the word implies the use of external military force, and typically military resistance.
    • Synon: 敗/DESTROY Bài 敗 and zéi 賊 are currently used for the destruction of abstract things such as dé 德 "virtue".

      Syntactic words
    • nab.post-V{NUM}processruination, ruin (may be counted) 三亡
    • nabeventruination
    • nabfutureimminent ruinCH
    • v[adN]N=statethose doomed to destruction; that which is doomed to disappear
    • vadNfuturedoomed to ruin 亡國,亡主
    • vadNpassiveruined
    • vigradedbe bound for ruin, doomed to be ruined 愈亡
    • vtoNcausative(cause to be ruined>) to ruin (a state or a ruler, one's peson)
    • vtoNcausativebring ruin upon (oneself)
    • vtoNfigurativecause to disappear > destroy; remove (an object)
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe ruined, be annihilated, be ruined
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe bound to get undone; be gound to get ruinedCH
    • vtoNmiddle voiceevent: get destroyed; be ruined; get annihilatedCH
    • vtoNpassivebe destroyed by
    • vtoNreflexive.身cause (oneself) to be ruined> destroy/ruin (oneself)
    滅  miè OC: med MC: miɛt 78 Attributions

    Miè 滅 refers to the physical destruction of cities or states, and the word implies the use of external military force, and typically military resistance.

      Word relations
    • Result: 伐/ATTACK Fá 伐 refers to a large-scale typically destructive formal attack by one state on another, typically formally announced, and with much beating of drums. [DESCENDING], [MILITARY], [LARGE-SCALE!], [OVERT]
    • Ant: 生/ARISE Shēng 生 (ant. miè 滅 "be extinguished (as dinosaurs)") refers to the coming into existence of something which did not previously exist. [PERFECTIVE]
    • Object: 國/STATE The dominant word is guó 國, and the word naturally focusses on the capital which defines the identity of the state, but from Warring States times the word does refer to the whole of the territory, as the term guó xiāo 國削 "the state was truncated" shows.
    • Object: 社稷/NATION Shè jì 社稷 refers to the altars of the land and grain as symbols of the nation.
    • Contrast: 除/REMOVE Chú 除 refers specifically to getting rid of something undesirable.
    • Assoc: 亡/DESTROY Wáng 亡 (ant. fù 復 "reestablish") refers to the political/social ruin of a state and does not focus on any form of physical annihilation or damage.
    • Assoc: 沒 / 歿/DIE Mò 沒/歿 (ant. cún 存 "survive") and zhōng 終are abstract elevated, polite words to use about the death of a significant person.
    • Assoc: 絕/DESTROY
    • Synon: 殫/DESTROY

      Syntactic words
    • nabbuddhistBUDDH: cessation, extinction (as part of the four phases of birth, continuation, change, and extinction)
    • nabeventdestruction
    • nabprocessdestruction, vanishingIn the BUDDH. context referring to the vanishing of dharmas
    • vadNdecimated, destroyed
    • vadNdoomed to destruction, headed for destructionCH
    • vi0there will be destruction ???
    • vt(oN)destroy the contextually determinate N
    • vt+prep+Ndestroy
    • vtoNdestroy; annihilate; wipe out, obliterate (may occasionally take abstract objects)
    • vtoNcausativecause to have (one's own things) destroyed, have (one's own things) destroyed
    • vtoNfigurativedestroy
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe destroyed, be reduced to nothing
    • vtoNN=abstractdestroy (something abstract)
    • vtoNpassivebe destroyed, be eroded; be annihilated
    • vtoNreflexive.自destoy (oneself)
    壞  huài OC: ɡruuls MC: ɦɣɛi 31 Attributions

    Huài 壞 and huī 墮/隳 are "to be destroyed, to collapse" but the words are also used transitively "cause to be destroyed, cause to collapse".

      Word relations
    • Ant: 全/SAFE The current general word for something being unimparied and unharmed in any way is quán 全 (ant. xiǎn 險 "imperilled").
    • Ant: 成/COMPLETE The standard word for bringing anything to a successful conclusion is chéng 成.
    • Assoc: 敗/DESTROY Bài 敗 and zéi 賊 are currently used for the destruction of abstract things such as dé 德 "virtue".

      Syntactic words
    • nabconceptdestruction
    • nabprocessdestruction
    • vt(oN)destroy the contextually determinate N
    • vtoNdestroy, smash; inflict serious damage on (physical objects), destroy (a state); ruin (the legal system); to do in (a person)
    • vtoNfigurativedestroy (abstract objects like virtues etc)
    • vtoNfigurativebe ruined; collapse; be destroyed
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe ruined and collapse; be made ineffective; get broken down; get smashed
    破  pò OC: phaals MC: phʷɑ 31 Attributions

    Pò 破 is always violent destruction of concrete objects of any kind.

      Syntactic words
    • vadNruined; destroyed
    • vpostadVdegreeV to the extant that N is destroyed (complement of degree/resultative complement) 打破
    • vt(oN)destroy the contextually determinate object
    • vt+prep+Nfigurativedestroy
    • vtoNsmash to pieces; ruin;
    • vtoNfigurativedestroy > refute (a proposition)
    • vtoNmiddle voiceget destroyed, get smashed
    毀  huǐ OC: qhʷralʔ MC: hiɛ 28 Attributions

    The current general word for destruction of any kind is huǐ 毀, and what is destroyed may anything from a toy or a house to a state.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 利/PROFIT Lì 利 (1. ant. yì 義 "considerations of rectitude"(!!); 2. ant. hài 害 "damage and loss suffered") refers to material profit.
    • Ant: 為/BUILD
    • Ant: 輔/HELP Zuǒ 佐, yòu 佑 (deriving their meaning from the position of aides near the ruler), and also fǔ 輔 refer to official assistance in a formal context.
    • Assoc: 壞/COLLAPSE
    • Assoc: 傷/DAMAGE Shāng 傷 "impair" and sǔn 損 "reduce and impair" (all ant. yì 益 "strengthen") are weaker than hài 害 and definitely suggest the survival of what is impaired.
    • Assoc: 敗/DESTROY Bài 敗 and zéi 賊 are currently used for the destruction of abstract things such as dé 德 "virtue".
    • Synon: 敗/DESTROY Bài 敗 and zéi 賊 are currently used for the destruction of abstract things such as dé 德 "virtue".

      Syntactic words
    • nabactdeliberate maltreatment (typically during the period of ritual mourning)LZ
    • vtoNdestroy, ruin; smash; deliberately ruin (e.g. new trousers so they look old); sometimes metaphorical: maltreat (oneself)
    • vtoNfigurativedestroy > inactivate, destroy the effectiveness of
    • vtoNmiddle voicecollapse, be destroyed
    • vtoNpassivebe ruined; be destroyedLZ
    • vtoNreflexive.自destroy (oneself)
    殘  cán OC: dzaan MC: dzɑn 21 Attributions

    Cán 殘 focusses on the reckless attitude shown by the destroyer.

      Syntactic words
    • nab.tprocessdestruction of N
    • vadNgiven to destroying
    • vtoNdestroy recklessly or cruelly, rout completely; ruin, spoil (crops)
    • vtoNpassivebe destroyed
    敗  bài OC: braads MC: bɣɛi 20 Attributions

    Bài 敗 and zéi 賊 are currently used for the destruction of abstract things such as dé 德 "virtue".

      Word relations
    • Ant: 成/ACHIEVE The current general word for successful action on one's own behalf or on someone else's behalf is chéng 成 (ant. bài 敗 "fail to achieve; botch up"). [GENERAL], [LARGE-SCALE]; [VERB]
    • Ant: 為/GOVERN Wéi 為, yǒu 有, yòng 用, lín 臨, lì 蒞, lǐ 理 are polite ways of referring to the government by a legitimate ruler.
    • Assoc: 壞/DESTROY Huài 壞 and huī 墮/隳 are "to be destroyed, to collapse" but the words are also used transitively "cause to be destroyed, cause to collapse".
    • Assoc: 毀/DESTROY The current general word for destruction of any kind is huǐ 毀, and what is destroyed may anything from a toy or a house to a state.
    • Synon: 亡/DESTROY Wáng 亡 (ant. fù 復 "reestablish") refers to the political/social ruin of a state and does not focus on any form of physical annihilation or damage.
    • Synon: 毀/DESTROY The current general word for destruction of any kind is huǐ 毀, and what is destroyed may anything from a toy or a house to a state.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpassivedestruction, ruin
    • vtoNfigurativeto ruin (also abstract things, e.g. the legal system)
    • vtoNmiddle voiceget destroyed
    • vtoNpassivebe physically ruined, be wrecked, be destroyed
    墮  huī OC: qhlol MC: hiɛ 16 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vichangefall into complete decline, be destroyed; fall out (of hair)
    • vifigurativebe destroyed> come to nothing
    • vtoNcause to collapse> ruin and destroy; dismantle; ruin (a person)
    • vtoNfigurativepassive: be destroyed > be refuted (of a thesis, proposition)
    傾覆  qīng fù OC: khʷleŋ phuɡ MC: khiɛŋ phuk 15 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabconativeplotting to overturn the state, subversive schemingLZ
    • NPabresultativedestruction, fall (typically of a state)LZ
    • VPt[oN](try to) overturn the stateLZ
    • VPtoNpassivebe toppled; get destroyed; get overturned
    • VPtoNresultativeoverturn/destroy (a state)
    賊  zéi OC: sɡɯɯɡ MC: dzək 12 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 殘/DESTROY Cán 殘 focusses on the reckless attitude shown by the destroyer.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpost-NN=subjectdestructive effect caused by N; N's destructive forceDS
    • ntpost-Ndestroyer (with genitivus objectivus), villain against 國之賊也
    • vtadNN=objdamaged N; crippled NDS
    • vtoNruin, damage irrecoverably; pervert and ruin; inflict serious harm on
    • vtoNreflexive.自seriously impair (oneself)
    滅亡  miè wáng OC: med maŋ MC: miɛt mi̯ɐŋ 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabeventruin, destruction; annihilationLZ
    • VPimiddle voicebe ruined, get destroyed
    殃  yāng OC: qaŋ MC: ʔi̯ɐŋ 9 Attributions

    Yāng 殃 focusses on the disaster constituted by destruction, and this word is used mostly nominally.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbring disaster to, ruin
    • vtoNpassivebe destroyed; be damaged
    • vtoNreflexive.自destroy (oneself); cause one's own disaster
    喪  sàng OC: smaaŋs MC: sɑŋ 8 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativecause to be lost> destroy
    • vtoNfigurativecause to be ruined
    • vtoNreflexive.自destroy (oneself); cause one's own ruin
    夷  yí OC: li MC: ji 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativeflatten> destroy
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    泯  mín OC: min MC: min 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNeliminate destroy
    • vtoNchangemiddle voice: be destroyed > vanish
    • vtoNpassivebe destroyed, be eliminated
    廢  fèi OC: pods MC: pi̯ɐi 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmess up, foul up; cause to stop flourishing, cause to fail; cause to be discarded
    • vtoNmiddleget messed upLZ
    隳  huī OC: qhlol MC: hiɛ 5 Attributions

    Huài 壞 and huī 墮/隳 are "to be destroyed, to collapse" but the words are also used transitively "cause to be destroyed, cause to collapse".

      Syntactic words
    • nabprocessdestruction
    • vtoNruin; smash
    • vtoNpassivecollapse, tumble down; be ruined (also of abstract things)
    碎  suì OC: squuds MC: suo̝i 5 Attributions

    Suì 碎 focusses on complete smashing into small pieces of what is destroyed.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNsmash to pieces
    • vtoN.+VDELETE
    • vtoN1.+VtoN2smash N1 with the effect/result of becoming N2
    • vtoNmiddle voiceget smashed to pieces
    覆  fù OC: phuɡ MC: phuk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdestroy
    • vtoNreflexive.自ruin yourself, destroy oneself
    消  xiāo OC: smew MC: siɛu 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vichangedisintegrate, dissolve
    • vt(oN)cause the ruin/destruction of the contextually determinate NCH
    • vtoNcausativecause to dissolve > disintegrate; use up; dissolve
    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    散壞  sàn huài OC: sqaans ɡruuls MC: sɑn ɦɣɛi 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabeventdisintegration and destruction
    • VPtoNmiddle voicebe scattered and destroyed
    撲滅  pū miè OC: phooɡ med MC: phuk miɛt 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassivebe beaten down and destroyed
    • VPtoNresultativebeat down so as to destroy
    墜  zhuì OC: ɡrluds MC: ɖi
    隊  duì OC: ɡ-luuls MC: duo̝i 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viperfectivebecome corrupted, failLZ
    • vtoNcausative[CAUSE TO FALL AND BE DESTROYED>] destroy, have destroyed 隊其師 "have destroyed the army"
    已  yǐ OC: k-lɯʔ MC: jɨ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vichangebe done for, be finished; be destroyed
    挫  cuò OC: skools MC: tsʷɑ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactto be destructive
    • vtoNdestroy (GY); attack and destroy
    • vtoNfigurative"crush> gain the upper hand on" with the literary force of the brushCH
    殄  tiǎn OC: ɡ-lɯɯnʔ MC: den 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadV(act) destructively
    • vtoNdestroy completely and utterly
    • vtoNmiddle voiceget ruined
    毀折  huǐ zhé OC: qhʷralʔ kljed MC: hiɛ tɕiɛt 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN]catch and destroy the prayDS
    • VPtoNdestroy and maimLZ
    • VPtoNmiddle voiceget destroyed or maimed
    隙穴  xì xué OC: khaɡ ɢʷliiɡ MC: khɣɛk ɦet 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNdestructive, subversive
    • VPibe desstructive and subversive
    折  zhé OC: kljed MC: tɕiɛt 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNeliminate
    • vtoNpassiveget broken and destroyed
    捐  juān OC: ɢʷlen MC: jiɛn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNannihilate
    毀壞  huǐ huài OC: qhʷralʔ ɡruuls MC: hiɛ ɦɣɛi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabprocessdestruction, process of decline and disintegration
    • VPtoNfigurativedestroy> make ineffective; offend against
    • VPtoNresultativedestroyed
    潰  kuì MC: hwojH  OC: ɡluuds 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbreak through (the siege) DS
    瘁  cuì OC: sɡuds MC: dzi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmiddle voiceget worn out and ruined
    發  fā OC: pod MC: pi̯ɐt 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdestroy
    • vtoNfigurativeanihilate and removeCH
    絕  jué OC: dzod MC: dziɛt 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Ant: 屬/SUMMON
    • Assoc: 滅/DESTROY Miè 滅 refers to the physical destruction of cities or states, and the word implies the use of external military force, and typically military resistance.
    • Synon: 破/DESTROY Pò 破 is always violent destruction of concrete objects of any kind.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcause to discontinue> cut in two, destroy
    蔑  miè OC: meed MC: met 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdestroy
    蕩  dàng OC: ɡ-laaŋʔ MC: dɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativecause to collapse; overthrow
    碎為  suì wéi OC: squuds ɢʷal MC: suo̝i ɦiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativebe smashed so as to become
    踣  bó OC: bɯɯɡ MC: bək 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcausativecause to stumble> ruin
    軋  yà OC: qriiɡ MC: ʔɣɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcrush, run over
    自喪  zì sāng OC: sblids smaaŋ MC: dzi sɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactself-destruction
    磨滅  mó miè OC: maal med MC: mʷɑ miɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPimiddle voicebe destroyed
    露  lù MC: luH OC: ɡ-raaɡs 1 Attribution
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    • vibe in a bad shape, dilapidatedLZ
    烹滅  pēng miè OC: pqhraaŋ med MC: phɣaŋ miɛt 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNresultativeboil away so as to annihilate
    敗壞  bài huài OC: praads ɡruuls MC: pɣɛi ɦɣɛi 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNfigurativedestroy
    擊毀  jī huǐ OC: keeɡ qhʷralʔ MC: kek hiɛ 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNresultativeknock to pieces
    擊滅  jī miè OC: keeɡ med MC: kek miɛt 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNresultativeattack so as to destroy
    禽滅  qín miè OC: ɡrɯm med MC: gim miɛt
    擒滅  qín miè OC: ɡrɯm med MC: gim miɛt 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNresultativecapture so as to reduce to nothing
    誅滅  zhū miè OC: to med MC: ʈi̯o miɛt 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNresultativepunish severely so as to destroy
    燬滅  huǐ miè OC: qhʷralʔ med MC: hiɛ miɛt 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNresultativeburn down so as to destroy completely
    滅抑  miè yì MC: mjiet 'ik OC: med qɯɡ 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNmiddle voiceget utterly destroyed, get completely undoneCH
    亂傾  luàn qīng MC: lwanH khjwieng  OC: ɡ-roons khʷleŋ 1 Attribution
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    • VPi0there will be misrule and the overturning of government, there will be chaos and ruin.CH
    殘亡  cán wáng OC: dzaan maŋ MC: dzɑn mi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNpassivebe destroyed and disappear: be utterly destroyed, be completely destroyed
    填  tián OC: diin MC: den 1 Attribution
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    • vtoNannihilate, kill off completely HYDCD: 12. 滅絕，參見填4服。
    壞隳  huài huī OC: ɡruuls qhlol MC: ɦɣɛi hiɛ 1 Attribution
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    • NPabactdestruction of any kind
    平  píng OC: breŋ MC: bɣaŋ 1 Attribution
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    • vtoNdestroy completely, level completely with the gound
    打破  dǎ pò OC: rtaaŋʔ phaals MC: tɣaŋ phʷɑ 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNresultativeto break by hitting, to destroy, to smash, break to pieces
    滅盡  miè jìn OC: med dzinʔ MC: miɛt dzin 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNresultativedestroy completely
    推  tuī OC: kh-luul MC: thuo̝i
    推  chuī OC: khljul MC: tɕhi 1 Attribution
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    • vtoNpush over> knock over, destroy
    斁  yì OC: laɡ MC: jiɛk 1 Attribution
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    • vtoNpassiveSHU: get destroyed
    破壞  pò huài OC: phaals ɡruuls MC: phʷɑ ɦɣɛi 1 Attribution
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    • NPabpassivedestruction
    • VPimiddle voiceget completely destroyed
    • VPtoNfigurativedestroy
    死敗  sǐ bài MC: sijX baejH OC: pliʔ praads 1 Attribution
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    • VPt[oN]causativelead to one's absolute destruction (<death and defeat)DS
    殞  yǔn MC: hwinX  OC: ɢunʔ 1 Attribution
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    • vtoNdamage heavilyCH
    滅覆  miè fù OC: med phuɡ MC: miɛt phuk 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNpassivebe destroyed so as to be completely overturned
    衰滅  shuāi miè OC: srul med MC: ʂi miɛt 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNmiddle voiceget destroyed
    破毀  pò huǐ OC: phaals qhʷralʔ MC: phʷɑ hiɛ 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNpassiveget completely destroyed
    令滅  lìng miè OC: ɡ-reŋs med MC: liɛŋ miɛt 1 Attribution
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    • VPtoNpassivebe deliberately destroyed
    粹折  cuì zhé MC: swijH tsyet OC: squds kljed 1 Attribution
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    • NPabact= sui4zhé 碎折: getting ruined > self-destructionLZ
    豁  huò OC: qhʷaad MC: hʷɑt 0 Attributions
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    • vtoNbreak, crack
    隤  tuí OC: ɡ-luul MC: duo̝i 0 Attributions
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    • vtoNtear down (a wall)
    消去  xiāo qù OC: smew khaʔ MC: siɛu khi̯ɤ 0 Attributions
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    絕滅  jué miè OC: dzod med MC: dziɛt miɛt 0 Attributions
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    • VPtoNresultativeuproot so as to destroy
    消奪  xiāo duó OC: smew dood MC: siɛu dʷɑt 0 Attributions
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    • vtoNmathematical termCHEMLA 2003:
    蕩覆  dàng fù OC: ɡ-laaŋʔ phuɡ MC: dɑŋ phuk 0 Attributions
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    • vtoNfigurativeoverturn (a state)
    消滅  xiāo miè OC: smew med MC: siɛu miɛt 0 Attributions
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    • VPtoNmiddle voiceget destroyed
    照破  zhào pò OC: kljews phaals MC: tɕiɛu phʷɑ 0 Attributions
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    • VPtoNresultativedestroy by shining light on
    盡壞  jìn huài OC: dzinʔ ɡruuls MC: dzin ɦɣɛi 0 Attributions
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    • NPabeventdestruction, annihilation
    齏粉  jī fěn OC: pɯnʔ MC: tsei pi̯un 0 Attributions
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    • vtoNpassivebe destroyed
    摧  cuī OC: sɡluul MC: dzuo̝i 0 Attributions
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    • vimiddle voicebe destroyed, collapse
    殫  dān OC: taan MC: tɑn 0 Attributions

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    • Synon: 滅/DESTROY Miè 滅 refers to the physical destruction of cities or states, and the word implies the use of external military force, and typically military resistance.

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    • vtoNdestroy
    泯  mín OC: min MC: min 0 Attributions
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    • vtoNdestroy
    剖破  pōu pò OC: phɯʔ phaals MC: phu phʷɑ 0 Attributions
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    • VPtoNresultativecut to pieces
    燬  huǐ OC: qhʷralʔ MC: hiɛ 0 Attributions
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    • viactdestroy things, do serious harm to things
    破殘  pò cán OC: phaals dzaan MC: phʷɑ dzɑn 0 Attributions
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    • VPtoNutterly destroy
    終  zhōng OC: tjuŋ MC: tɕuŋ 0 Attributions
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    • vtoNOBI: put an end to, destroy