What does 滅びる mean in Japanese?

to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct

滅びる (Horobiru) — to go to ruin · Japanese Dictionary

ほろびる

Horobiru

Other forms: 亡びる

滅びる (Horobiru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed”.

ichidan verb, intransitive verbto go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

剣を取る者は皆剣で滅びる。
All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
肉体は滅びるが霊魂は不滅である。
A man's body dies, but his soul is immortal.
滅びに至る門は大きく、その道は広い。
For the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction.

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