pū miè

Traditional: 撲滅

扑灭 (pū miè) is a Chinese word meaning “to eradicate; to extinguish”.

Meanings

  1. 1to eradicate
  2. 2to extinguish

Characters in 扑灭

扑pū · to throw oneself at灭miè · to extinguish or put out

Related words

毁灭to perish消灭to put an end to灭to extinguish or put out扑克poker (game) (loanword)扑to throw oneself at灭绝to become extinct; to die out灭亡to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out熄灭to stop burning破灭to be shattered灭火to extinguish a fire灭口to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret毁灭性destructive

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