滅 (Kanji for annihilate)

Onyomi

METSU

This word has an unusual onyomi but it's easy to remember if you know who Tom METZGER is. Let's annihilate Metzger!

A flood of water and a hail of fire, together they become a wave of annihilation!

( が ) ほろ＊びる	to get fucked up. ☆☆☆☆☆
( を ) ほろ＊ぼす	to annhilate - usually used about an enemy in wartime, or destroy the earth, or wipe Al Queda out. Not used about a single person usually. ★★★☆☆

滅亡(めつぼう)

downfall ★★☆☆☆
滅 (annihilate) + 亡 (dying) = 滅亡 (downfall)

the downfall of a civilization or the dying-out of a certain ethnic group. But it doesn't have 'downfall's moral judgement.

撲滅(ぼくめつ) する

eradicate ☆☆☆☆☆
撲 (eradicate) + 滅 (annihilate) = 撲滅 (eradicate)

eradicate (a pest or disease) 'The new task force will eradicate drugs once and for all!'

絶滅(ぜつめつ) する

go extinct ☆☆☆☆☆
絶 (extinct) + 滅 (annihilate) = 絶滅 (go extinct)

The strict nurse injects you with a NEEDLE,

but the drug STOPS you from aging.

Both FIRE AND WATER can annihilate a city,

but that WOMAN has a terrible majesty even more scary!