1 to perish

2 to ruin

3 to destroy

1 to put an end to

2 to annihilate

3 to cause to perish

4 to perish

5 annihilation (in quantum field theory)

1 to extinguish or put out

2 to go out (of a fire etc)

3 to exterminate or wipe out

4 to drown

1 indelible

1 (of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish

2 to evaporate

3 (of a person) to become disillusioned

4 disillusionment

1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction

1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner

1 to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)

2 to denounce by word and pen

1 to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it

1 favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom)

2 spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife