撲滅
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See also: 扑灭
Chinese[edit]
rush on | extinguish | ||
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trad. (撲滅) | 撲 | 滅 | |
simp. (扑灭) | 扑 | 灭 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
撲滅
- (transitive) to annihilate; to eradicate; to exterminate; to extinguish; to stamp out; to wipe out; to destroy; to ruin
Synonyms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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撲 | 滅 |
ぼく Grade: S |
めつ Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese compound 撲滅/扑灭 (phuwk mjiet, literally “beat, strike + destroy”). Compare modern Cantonese reading pok3 mit6.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- the beating out of a flame, extinguishing by beating
- eradication or extermination by beating
- (figuratively) the stamping out or wiping out of something
Synonyms[edit]
- 殲滅 (senmetsu): annihilation, to annihilate (emphasis on nothing being left)
- 根絶 (konzetsu): extermination, eradication (emphasis on removing something by the root)
Verb[edit]
撲滅する • (bokumetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 撲滅し (bokumetsu shi), past 撲滅した (bokumetsu shita))
- to beat out a flame, to extinguish by beating
- to eradicate or exterminate something by beating
- (figuratively) to stamp out something, to wipe out something
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of "撲滅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 撲滅し | ぼくめつし | bokumetsu shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 撲滅し | ぼくめつし | bokumetsu shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 撲滅する | ぼくめつする | bokumetsu suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 撲滅する | ぼくめつする | bokumetsu suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 撲滅すれ | ぼくめつすれ | bokumetsu sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 撲滅せよ¹ 撲滅しろ² |
ぼくめつせよ¹ ぼくめつしろ² |
bokumetsu seyo¹ bokumetsu shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 撲滅される | ぼくめつされる | bokumetsu sareru | |
Causative | 撲滅させる 撲滅さす |
ぼくめつさせる ぼくめつさす |
bokumetsu saseru bokumetsu sasu | |
Potential | 撲滅できる | ぼくめつできる | bokumetsu dekiru | |
Volitional | 撲滅しよう | ぼくめつしよう | bokumetsu shiyō | |
Negative | 撲滅しない | ぼくめつしない | bokumetsu shinai | |
Negative continuative | 撲滅せず | ぼくめつせず | bokumetsu sezu | |
Formal | 撲滅します | ぼくめつします | bokumetsu shimasu | |
Perfective | 撲滅した | ぼくめつした | bokumetsu shita | |
Conjunctive | 撲滅して | ぼくめつして | bokumetsu shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 撲滅すれば | ぼくめつすれば | bokumetsu sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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撲 | 滅 |
Noun[edit]
- Hanja form? of 박멸 (“eradication”).
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