Word · 単語
滅ぼす
Reading ほろぼす
to destroy
to destroy · to overthrow · to wreck · to ruin
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例文 · examples
好奇心は身を滅ぼす。
Curiosity killed the cat.
彼は酒で身を滅ぼした。
Drinking was his ruin.
核兵器はわが地球を滅ぼすと思う。
We think nuclear weapons will destroy our earth.
多くの動物が人間によって滅ぼされた。
Many animals have been destroyed by men.
勝手にさせておけば泥棒は自然に身を滅ぼす。
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.