| 灭 | miè | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown |
| 灭亡 | miè wáng | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate |
| 灭菌 | miè jūn | to sterilize |
| 灭火 | miè huǒ | to extinguish a fire; firefighting |
| 灭绝 | miè jué | to extinguish; extinct; to die out |
| 灭火器 | miè huǒ qì | fire extinguisher |
| 灭失 | miè shī | loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law) |
| 灭度 | miè dù | to extinguish worries and the sea of grief; nirvana (Buddhism) |
| 灭掉 | miè diào | to eliminate |
| 灭族 | miè zú | extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment) |
| 灭此朝食 | miè cǐ zhāo shí | lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed; anxious to do battle (idiom) |
| 灭种 | miè zhǒng | to commit genocide; to become extinct; extinction of a race |
| 灭种罪 | miè zhǒng zuì | genocide |
| 灭绝人性 | miè jué rén xìng | savage; cannibalistic |
| 灭绝种族 | miè jué zhǒng zú | genocide |
| 灭茬 | miè chá | to clear stubble from fields (agriculture) |
| 灭虫宁 | miè chóng nìng | bephenium, anti-parasitic worm medicine |
| 灭门 | miè mén | to exterminate an entire family |
| 灭音器 | miè yīn qì | muffler (of an internal combustion engine) |
| 灭顶 | miè dǐng | to be drowned (figurative and literal) |
| 灭鼠药 | miè shǔ yào | rat poison |
