撲滅

See also: 扑灭

Chinese

rush on extinguish
trad. (撲滅)
simp. (扑灭)

Pronunciation


Verb

撲滅

  1. 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
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, rōmaji 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

撲滅する (transitive, hiragana ぼくめつする, rōmaji bokumetsu suru)

  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

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

撲滅 (bangmyeol) (hangeul 박멸)

  1. Hanja form? of 박멸 (eradication).
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