尽じん滅めつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

annihilation; total destruction

Formal, literary term for complete obliteration or wiping out. Often used in historical, military, or dramatic contexts.

• その戦たたかいで敵てき軍ぐんは尽じん滅めつした。

  The enemy army was annihilated in that battle.

• 核かく兵へい器きは人じん類るいの尽じん滅めつをもたらしうる。

  Nuclear weapons could bring about the annihilation of humanity.