- (熄灭) (of a light or fire) go out:
The fire has gone out.
火灭了。
With a flash, the kerosene lamp went out.
煤油灯闪了闪就灭了。
- (使熄灭) extinguish; put out; turn off:
turn off the light; blow out the lamp;
灭灯
extinguish a fire
扑灭
- (淹没) submerge; inundate; drown:
be drowned
灭顶
- (消灭; 灭亡) destroy; perish:
perish of itself;run its course;
自灭
be destroyed
破灭
- (使不存在; 使消灭) wipe out; blot out; exterminate:
exterminate an entire race;
灭种
kill flies;
灭蝇