プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ほろぼす【滅ぼす・▲亡ぼす】
❶〔壊滅させる〕destroy;《口》 wipe out
敵を滅ぼした
They overthrew their enemies.
原住民は白人によって滅ぼされた
The natives were exterminated by the whites.
平家は源氏の軍勢に滅ぼされた
The Heike clan was 「wiped out [completely destroyed] by the Genji army.
❷〔身を〕ruin
酒を飲み過ぎて身を滅ぼした
He 「ruined himself [《米口》 did himself in] by drinking too much.
女で身を滅ぼした
Women were his ruin.