扑灭
pū miè
Pinyin

Definition

扑灭
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pū miè
  1. to eradicate
  2. to extinguish

Related Words (20)

扑克
pū kè
  1. 1 poker (game) (loanword)
  2. 2 playing cards
灭
miè
  1. 1 to extinguish or put out
  2. 2 to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. 3 to exterminate or wipe out
  4. 4 to drown
幻灭
huàn miè
  1. 1 (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish
  2. 2 to evaporate
  3. 3 (of a person) to become disillusioned
  4. 4 disillusionment
扑
pū
  1. 1 to throw oneself at
  2. 2 to pounce on
  3. 3 to devote one's energies
  4. 4 to flap
  5. 5 to flutter
  6. 6 to dab
  7. 7 to pat
  8. 8 to bend over
扑倒
pū dǎo
  1. 1 to fall down
扑克牌
pū kè pái
  1. 1 poker (card game)
  2. 2 playing card
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
扑通
pū tōng
  1. 1 (onom.) sound of object falling into water
  2. 2 plop
扑面
pū miàn
  1. 1 lit. sth hits one in the face
  2. 2 directly in one's face
  3. 3 sth assaults the senses
  4. 4 blatant (advertising)
  5. 5 eye-catching
  6. 6 (a smell) assaults the nostrils
扑鼻
pū bí
  1. 1 to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
毁灭
huǐ miè
  1. 1 to perish
  2. 2 to ruin
  3. 3 to destroy
消灭
xiāo miè
  1. 1 to put an end to
  2. 2 to annihilate
  3. 3 to cause to perish
  4. 4 to perish
  5. 5 annihilation (in quantum field theory)
灭亡
miè wáng
  1. 1 to be destroyed
  2. 2 to become extinct
  3. 3 to perish
  4. 4 to die out
  5. 5 to destroy
  6. 6 to exterminate
灭掉
miè diào
  1. 1 to eliminate
灭火
miè huǒ
  1. 1 to extinguish a fire
  2. 2 firefighting
灭绝
miè jué
  1. 1 to extinguish
  2. 2 to become extinct
  3. 3 to die out
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
熄灭
xī miè
  1. 1 to stop burning
  2. 2 to go out (of fire)
  3. 3 to die out
  4. 4 extinguished
破灭
pò miè
  1. 1 to be shattered
  2. 2 to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
磨灭
mó miè
  1. 1 to obliterate
  2. 2 to erase
粉扑
fěn pū
  1. 1 powder puff (cosmetics)

Idioms (11)

亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
  1. 1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
大义灭亲
dà yì miè qīn
  1. 1 to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
宠妾灭妻
chǒng qiè miè qī
  1. 1 favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)
  2. 2 spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
灭此朝食
miè cǐ zhāo shí
  1. 1 lit. not to have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed
  2. 2 anxious to do battle (idiom)
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
异香扑鼻
yì xiāng pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
自取灭亡
zì qǔ miè wáng
  1. 1 to court disaster (idiom)
  2. 2 to dig one's own grave
自生自灭
zì shēng zì miè
  1. 1 to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
兴灭继绝
xīng miè jì jué
  1. 1 lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten
香味扑鼻
xiāng wèi pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)

Sample Sentences

巴黎消防部门16日上午说，大火在大约15个小时后扑灭。
Bālí xiāofáng bùmén rì shàngwǔ shuō ，dàhuǒ zài dàyuē ge xiǎoshí hòu pūmiè 。
The Paris fire department said on 16th morning that the fire was extinguished after about 15 hours.
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