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绝灭

jué miè

2-character word Traditional 絕滅

What 绝灭 means

1. to annihilate
2. to exterminate
3. extinction

The characters in 绝灭

• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 灭mièto extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out

Example sentences

• 由于完全的俄罗斯化在白俄罗斯里，白俄罗斯语在绝灭的边缘。
  Yóuyú wánquán de éluósī huà zài Bái'éluósī lǐ, Bái'éluósī yǔ zài juémiè de biānyuán.
  Due to total Russification in Belarus, the Belarusian language is on the brink of extinction.

Words containing 绝灭

• 大绝灭dà jué mièmass extinction

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