annihilate

(waterleft) + (become) + (fire)
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Onyomi

METSU

This word has an unusual onyomi but it's easy to remember if you know who Tom METZGER is. Let's annihilate Metzger!

Mnemonic

A flood of water and a hail of fire, together they become a wave of annihilation!

Kunyomi

( ) ほろ*びる to get fucked up.
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( ) ほろ*ぼす to annhilate - usually used about an enemy in wartime, or destroy the earth, or wipe Al Queda out. Not used about a single person usually.
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Jukugo

滅亡(めつぼう)

downfall ★★☆☆☆
(annihilate) + (dying) = 滅亡 (downfall)

the downfall of a civilization or the dying-out of a certain ethnic group. But it doesn't have 'downfall's moral judgement.

撲滅(ぼくめつ) する

eradicate ☆☆☆☆☆
(eradicate) + (annihilate) = 撲滅 (eradicate)

eradicate (a pest or disease) 'The new task force will eradicate drugs once and for all!'

絶滅(ぜつめつ) する

go extinct ☆☆☆☆☆
(extinct) + (annihilate) = 絶滅 (go extinct)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
strict NEEDLE
years old STOP
annihilate FIRE AND WATER
terrible majesty WOMAN

The strict nurse injects you with a NEEDLE,

but the drug STOPS you from aging.

Both FIRE AND WATER can annihilate a city,

but that WOMAN has a terrible majesty even more scary!

Synonyms

depression
憂鬱    落ち込む    気分がしずむ    きが滅入る    陰気    ふてくされる うかない
downfall
没落    滅亡    崩壊    破壊    絶滅   
smash
壊す    壊れる    砕く    破壊    滅ぼす    つぶす 撲滅    破る    割る    割く    裂く