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湮灭

yān miè

2-character word Traditional 湮滅

What 湮灭 means

1. to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity

The characters in 湮灭

• 湮yān(literary) to sink into oblivion; (literary) to silt up; Taiwan pr. yīn
• 灭mièto extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out

Sounds the same

Read yān miè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 淹灭to submerge; to flood; to bury