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[しょう()·めつ()]
shoumetsu
noun, suru verb

English Meaning(s) for 消滅

noun, suru verb
  1. extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse
  2. annihilation

Definition and Synonyms for 消滅

Negate make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
Synonyms: 中和, 消滅
Invalidate show to be invalid
Synonyms: 消滅
Vanish become invisible or unnoticeable
Synonyms: なくなる, 去る, 吹き飛ぶ, 吹っ飛ぶ, 失せる, 失せ去る, 寂滅, 掻き消える, 没する, 消える, 消え入る, 消去, 消え去る, 消失, 消え失せる, 消散, 消滅, 消除
End a final state
Synonyms: しまう, じまい, エンド, おしまい, フィニッシュ, 仕舞い, , 幕切れ, 最後, 最期, 最終, 末尾, 末つ方, 末期, 末期, 末路, 果て, 果てる, 消滅, 滅亡, , 終わり, 終わる, 終局, 終幕, 終期, 終末, 終点, 終焉, 終盤, 終結, 結尾, 結末, 閉幕

Meanings for each kanji in 消滅

» extinguish; blow out; turn off; neutralize; cancel
» destroy; ruin; overthrow; perish

Categories 消滅 is a member of

State the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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Weaken lessen the strength of
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Contradict prove negative
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End have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 消滅

Sample Sentences for 消滅

The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.
Without oxygen, all animals would have disappeared long ago.
If the sun were to go out, all living things would die.
"The castle is open from today until the 30th of March. If you don't find the key before then, that day it ends and then the key will disappear and you won't be able to come here anymore."
The nation ceased to exist.

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