滅めつ亡ぼう

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滅亡する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the complete collapse or extinction of a nation, civilization, organization, or species. Often used in historical or dramatic contexts.

〈場ば所しょ〉が滅めつ亡ぼうするfor a nation or civilization to fall/collapse
古こ代だいローマ帝てい国こくは五ご世せい紀きに滅めつ亡ぼうした。
The ancient Roman Empire fell in the fifth century.
〈場ば所しょ〉を滅めつ亡ぼうさせるto bring about the downfall of a nation or group
度たび重かさなる戦せん争そうがその国くにを滅めつ亡ぼうさせた。
Repeated wars brought about the downfall of that nation.
滅めつ亡ぼうの危き機きに瀕ひんするto be on the brink of destruction
人じん類るいは核かく戦せん争そうによって滅めつ亡ぼうの危き機きに瀕ひんしている。
Humanity is on the brink of extinction due to nuclear war.
〈事こと〉によって滅めつ亡ぼうするto fall/be destroyed as a result of something
その文ぶん明めいは環かん境きょう破は壊かいによって滅めつ亡ぼうした。
That civilization collapsed as a result of environmental destruction.

崩ほう壊かいN1
崩壊 refers broadly to the collapse of structures, systems, or relationships, while 滅亡 specifically means the total ruin or extinction of a nation, civilization, or species.
絶ぜつ滅めつN3
絶滅 is used specifically for the extinction of a species or biological group, whereas 滅亡 also covers the downfall of civilizations, nations, or organizations.
破は滅めつN1
破滅 often describes the ruin of an individual's life or a smaller entity, while 滅亡 is reserved for the collapse of large-scale entities like nations or civilizations.
衰すい亡ぼう
衰亡 emphasizes a gradual decline that leads to eventual fall, while 滅亡 emphasizes the final, complete extinction or destruction itself.

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消しょう滅めつN1
滅亡 describes the downfall and ruin of a nation, civilization, or dynasty, while 消滅 is a neutral term usable for any kind of disappearance.
死し滅めつ
滅亡 is used for the downfall or ruin of a nation, civilization, or large system, while 死滅 is used more for species, cells, or organisms dying out.

繁はん栄えいN1
繁栄 means prosperity and flourishing, the direct opposite of the ruin and extinction described by 滅亡.
存そん続ぞくN1
存続 means to continue existing, contrasting with 滅亡's sense of a nation or group ceasing to exist entirely.
建けん国こく
滅亡 describes the fall or destruction of a nation, the opposite process to 建国, its founding.

回かいN4
滅亡 as a historical event is counted with 回, as in 三回の滅亡を経験した国 (a country that experienced three downfalls).

Compound of 滅 (めつ, 'destroy') and 亡 (ぼう, 'perish'). Both kanji contribute a sense of annihilation and disappearance.