to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

= + : In the elevator's bathroom (e4) Marilyn Monroe (mi) was playing the flute (一) so hot that it is on fire (火) now! Luckily there's a fire extinguisher so that she can put it out (灭).

灭 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
surname Huo
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

= + : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).

Characters with 灭 as component

灭 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 灭

to eradicate / to extinguish
(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish / to evaporate / (of a person) to become disillusioned / disillusionment
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
to eliminate (by armed force)
(video gaming) to eliminate an entire team / to get wiped out
lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
to massacre / to die out
to die out / to fade away / nirvana (Buddhism)
favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom) / spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Support the Qing, annihilate the West! (Boxer rebellion slogan)
country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
to conquer / to defeat (militarily)

Sentences with 灭

灭 currently does not appear in any sentence.