Destroy

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 免 (Excuse), less common than 快 (Pleasant).

A tsunami on the left with fire on the right — a tsunami and fire collide, each destroying the other in mutual annihilation.

In words

滅ぼすほろぼす to destroy;to overthrow;to wreck;to ruinN1

滅びるほろびる to be ruined;to go under;to perish;to be destroyedN1

滅亡めつぼう downfall;ruin;collapse;destructionN1

滅 is rank 988 of 2,608 in published Japanese.