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湮灭

湮滅
yānmiè
verb #24,224

Meanings

  1. 1 to annihilate
  2. 2 to obliterate
  3. 3 to vanish without a trace

Examples

HSK 4
他的名字在战争中湮灭了。
Tā de míngzì zài zhànzhēng zhōng yānmiè le.
His name was lost to oblivion in the war.
HSK 5
那段历史几乎被湮灭在岁月中。
Nà duàn lìshǐ jīhū bèi yānmiè zài suìyuè zhōng.
That piece of history was nearly obliterated by the passage of time.
HSK 7-9
粒子与反粒子相遇时会发生湮灭。
Lìzǐ yǔ fǎn lìzǐ xiāngyù shí huì fāshēng yānmiè.
Annihilation occurs when a particle meets its antiparticle.

Tips

usage
湮灭 is used both in physics (matter-antimatter annihilation) and literary contexts (to be erased by time or history). The physics sense is the more technical one.

Stroke Order

湮 yān
灭 miè