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销毁 xiāohuǐ to destroy (by melting or burning)

to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate

怎么记住“销毁”: 销 to fuse + 毁 to damage = to destroy (by melting or burning).

HSK 9 级
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'To destroy (by burning/melting), obliterate' - documents, evidence, weapons - 销毁证据 (xiāohuǐ zhèngjù) destroy evidence; 销毁武器 (xiāohuǐ wǔqì) scrap weapons.
Formal; implies deliberate, complete destruction so nothing remains. 销 = melt away + 毁 = destroy.
Contrast 破坏 (pòhuài, damage/sabotage); 销毁 is total elimination, often of physical items.