熄to go out

• 炉子里的火灭了。

  The stove fire has gone out.

• 蜡烛快要灭了。

  The candle is fading.

使熄灭to extinguish

• 灭灯

  turn off the light

• 灭火

  extinguish the fire

淹没to submerge

灭亡to die out

使消灭to exterminate

• 灭蝇

  kill flies

• 灭敌人的威风

  crush the enemy’s courage

• 大灭...的威风

  crush the might of

征服；推翻to conquer; to overthrow

• 元朝被明朝所灭。

  The Yuan dynasty was overthrown by the Ming dynasty.