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On-Yomi: メツ — Kun-Yomi: ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす

Koohii stories:

1) [samuize] 20-7-2007(208): Water flows down to destroy the march of fire.

2) [dwhitman] 26-10-2007(98): Use a water cannon to destroy a line of marching fire monsters. I keep mixing this one up with disaster (#167 災) and demolition (#400 壊). Remember, you DESTROY monsters (think of the Godzilla movie "Destroy All Monsters!"). Fires and floods are natural DISASTERs. And DEMOLITION is something you carefully do while wearing protective garments. (vaguely based on stefanot's balrog story).

3) [daredawg3583] 11-12-2007(41): Lord of the Rings: Orcs, all carrying torches (in the night, for visuals) and intent on destroying everything in their path, are utterly destroyed by the releasing of the waters (by the Ents).

4) [RickN] 26-1-2008(27): Use water to prevent the march of the fire before it destroys everything.

5) [gibler] 21-11-2011(12): I mix this up with 壊 demolition (#400 壊) alll the time, so i need to say: the MARCH to destroy TROY (the ancient city). TROY which comes from desTROY! They came across the WATER with the horse, secretly MARCHED in the city and BURNED the city down. DESTROY: The march of flames on troy. . . 絶滅 ぜつめつ　－　Extinction RTK2:　メツ 滅亡 めつぼう(destruction) 滅ぶ ほろぶ　－　To collapse, go under, be destroyed.　.

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