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灭口

miè kǒu

2-character word Traditional 滅口

What 灭口 means

1. to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret
2. to silence sb

The characters in 灭口

• 灭mièto extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…

Words containing 灭口

• 杀人灭口shā rén miè kǒu(idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth

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