撲滅

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See also: 扑灭

Chinese

rush on extinguish
trad. (撲滅) 撲 滅
simp. (扑灭) 扑 灭

Pronunciation

Verb

撲滅

  1. (transitive) to annihilate; to eradicate; to exterminate; to extinguish; to stamp out; to wipe out; to destroy; to ruin
    撲滅火災／扑灭火灾  ―  pūmiè huǒzāi  ―  to extinguish a fire

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
撲 滅
ぼく
Grade: S 		めつ
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 撲滅 / 扑灭 (phuwk mjiet, literally “beat, strike + destroy”). Compare modern Cantonese reading pok3 mit6.

Pronunciation

Noun

撲(ぼく)滅(めつ) • (bokumetsu) 

  1. the beating out of a flame, extinguishing by beating
  2. eradication or extermination by beating
  3. (figuratively) the stamping out or wiping out of something

Synonyms

Verb

撲(ぼく)滅(めつ)する • (bokumetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 撲(ぼく)滅(めつ)し (bokumetsu shi), past 撲(ぼく)滅(めつ)した (bokumetsu shita))

  1. to beat out a flame, to extinguish by beating
  2. to eradicate or exterminate something by beating
  3. (figuratively) to stamp out something, to wipe out something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "撲滅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
撲滅

Noun

撲滅 • (bangmyeol) (hangeul 박멸)

  1. hanja form? of 박멸 (“eradication”)
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