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消(しょう)滅(めつ)

しょうめつshoumetsu

Very commonNoun

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. nounnoun or participle which takes suruintransitive verb

    extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse

  2. annihilation

    physics

    その国(くに)は消(しょう)滅(めつ)した。

    • The nation ceased to exist.

    Words:その国(くに)は消(しょう)滅(めつ)する

Example sentences 10

その国(くに)は消(しょう)滅(めつ)した。

  • The nation ceased to exist.

Words:その国(くに)は消(しょう)滅(めつ)する

破(は)壊(かい)の結(けっ)果(か)、毎(まい)日(にち)50種(しゅ)類(るい)もの野(や)生(せい)の動(どう)植(しょく)物(ぶつ)が消(しょう)滅(めつ)していると見(み)積(つ)もられている。

  • It has been estimated that, as a result of the destruction, fifty species of wildlife are disappearing from the earth each day.

赤(せき)道(どう)近(ちか)くの狭(せま)い地(ち)域(いき)にある熱(ねっ)帯(たい)雨(う)林(りん)は、急(きゅう)速(そく)にその姿(すがた)を消(け)しつつあり、2000年(ねん)までにはその80%が消(しょう)滅(めつ)してしまうかもしれない。

  • 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.

宇(う)宙(ちゅう)の創(そう)造(ぞう)から消(しょう)滅(めつ)までの無(む)限(げん)の時(じ)間(かん)を指(さ)して「無(む)始(し)無(む)終(しゅう)」と表(ひょう)現(げん)した。

  • The term "mushishi" was used to refer to the infinite span of time from the creation of the universe to its destruction.

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