撲滅

See also: 扑灭

Chinese

rush on extinguish
trad. (撲滅)
simp. (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
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

  • (Tokyo) くめつ [bòkúmétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞kɯ̟ᵝme̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

(ぼく)(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

(ぼく)(めつ)する • (bokumetsu suru) transitive suru (stem (ぼく)(めつ) (bokumetsu shi), past (ぼく)(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

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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