to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

= + : In the elevator's bathroom (e4) Marilyn Monroe (mi) was playing the flute (一) so hot that it is on fire (火) now! Luckily there's a fire extinguisher so that she can put it out (灭).

灭 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

= + : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).

Characters with 灭 as component

灭 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 灭

to perish / to ruin / to destroy
to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory)
destructive / devastating
to wipe out / to crush / to annihilate
to destroy / to disappear / annihilation
to obliterate / to die out / to disappear
to exterminate
to extinguish worries and the sea of grief / nirvana (Buddhism)
extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)
lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed / anxious to do battle (idiom)
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
to flicker / to flash on and off / to brighten and fade
to perish / extinction
to submerge / to flood / to bury
(video gaming) to eliminate an entire team / to get wiped out
loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)

Sentences with 灭

灭 currently does not appear in any sentence.