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撲滅
撲滅
See also: 扑灭
Chinese
| rush on | extinguish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (撲滅) | 撲 | 滅 | |
| simp. (扑灭) | 扑 | 灭 | |
Verb
撲滅
- to annihilate; to eradicate; to exterminate; to extinguish; to stamp out; to wipe out
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 撲 | 滅 |
|
ぼく Grade: S |
めつ Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 撲滅 (phuwk mjiet, literally “beat, strike + destroy”). Compare modern Cantonese reading pok3 mit6.
Pronunciation
Noun
撲滅 (hiragana ぼくめつ, romaji bokumetsu)
- the beating out of a flame, extinguishing by beating
- eradication or extermination by beating
- (figuratively) the stamping out or wiping out of something
Synonyms
- 殲滅 (senmetsu): annihilation, to annihilate (emphasis on nothing being left)
- 根絶 (konzetsu): extermination, eradication (emphasis on removing something by the root)
Verb
撲滅する (transitive, hiragana ぼくめつする, romaji bokumetsu suru)
- 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
Conjugation of "撲滅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 撲滅し | ぼくめつし | bokumetsu shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 撲滅し | ぼくめつし | bokumetsu shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 撲滅する | ぼくめつする | bokumetsu suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 撲滅する | ぼくめつする | bokumetsu suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 撲滅すれ | ぼくめつすれ | bokumetsu sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 撲 | 滅 |
Noun
撲滅 • (bangmyeol) (hangeul 박멸)
- Hanja form? of 박멸, “eradication”.