noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
complete annihilation; total destruction
Rare, literary word for utter destruction or extermination. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive or intransitive verb.
その戦いで敵軍は殄滅した。
The enemy army was completely annihilated in that battle.
疫病が村を殄滅させた。
The plague annihilated the village.