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滅ぼす is an exact match with one form of the following word:
滅ぼす
BOOST
Reading : ほろぼす   
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 85,113 which gives a rank of 9,266
滅ぼす is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 91,000 (about 2,430,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 6513
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 42 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
にんげん
人間
あまりに
やしんてき
野心的
なりすぎる
じぶん
自分
ほろ
ぼしてしまう
ことなる
Man may well, in his attempt to be too ambitious, destroy himself.
こうきしん
好奇心
ほろ
ぼす

Curiosity killed the cat.
かれ
さけ
ほろ
ぼした

Drinking was his ruin.
亡ぼす
BOOST
Reading : ほろぼす   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 225,000 (about 103,000 results)
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メツ   ほろぼす to destroy   ほろびる to be destroyed   
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スイ   みず water   
fire dog
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
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