撲滅

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

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

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

References

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