滅めっ失しつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

destruction; loss; extinction

Formal or legal term for the complete loss or destruction of a thing, right, or record. Often used in contexts such as property damage, document loss, or extinction of a claim.

• 火か災さいにより重じゅう要よう書しょ類るいが滅めっ失しつした。

  Important documents were destroyed by the fire.