Translation

• to extinguish or put out
• to go out (of a fire etc)
• to exterminate or wipe out
• to drown

Synonyms

• 亡, 亡国, 沦亡, 灭亡
• 扑灭, 扫灭, 摧, 消灭, 锄, 锄强扶弱, 除, 除恶

Examples

• 要即时扑灭那火灾并不容易。
  It was not easy to put out the fire at once.
• 蜡烛出去，而不必被扑灭。
  The candle went out instead of having been put out.
• 火自然熄灭了。
  The fire went out by itself.
• 一场毁灭性的地震袭击了这个州的首府。
  A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.
• 人不是为失败而生的, 一个人可以被毁灭, 但不能给打败。
  But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.