一掃|いっそうissou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbclean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 一掃する（いっそうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 一掃します（いっそうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 一掃しない（いっそうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 一掃しません（いっそうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 一掃せず・一掃せぬ（いっそうせず・いっそうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 一掃した（いっそうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 一掃しました（いっそうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 一掃しなかった（いっそうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 一掃しませんでした（いっそうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 一掃して（いっそうして） |
| Potential | 一掃できる（いっそうできる） |
| Passive | 一掃される（いっそうされる） |
| Causative | 一掃させる（いっそうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 一掃させられる（いっそうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 一掃すれば（いっそうすれば） |
| tara | 一掃したら（いっそうしたら） |
| Volitional | 一掃しよう（いっそうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 一掃しましょう（いっそうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 一掃しろ（いっそうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym駆逐くちくWrittenWritten/formal. Expelling, driving out or even exterminating, as in 「悪貨は良貨を駆逐する」. 「一掃」 emphasizes clearing everything away at once.
- Related追い払うおいはらうNeutralFor shooing away people or animals that are in the way, as in 「蝿を追い払う」. 「一掃」 is about wiping out something bad completely in one go.
- Related追い出すおいだすNeutralDriving someone out or expelling them from a group, as in 「家から追い出す」. Usually takes people as its object; 「一掃」 suits worries, abuses, stock and the like.
- Related放逐ほうちくWrittenWritten/formal. Banishing a person from a place or group, or exile. Its object is a person, whereas 「一掃」 mostly targets things.
- Related追い立てるおいたてるNeutralDriving people or livestock along, or forcing someone to move out, as in 「住民を追い立てる」; it can also mean urging someone on, a sense 「一掃」 lacks.
- Related追っ払うおっぱらうCasualColloquial, rougher variant of 「追い払う」. It only covers driving something off, without the thorough clean-up implied by 「一掃」.
- Related打ち払ううちはらうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers brushing off dust or repelling an enemy; the nuance is the flicking or routing action, while 「一掃」 stresses complete removal.
- Related追い散らすおいちらすNeutralChasing something until it scatters in all directions, such as dispersing a crowd. 「一掃」 stresses leaving nothing behind.
- RelatedおんだすCasualColloquial and rough: forcibly throwing someone out. Usually takes people as its object; 「一掃」 means wiping something out completely.
- Relatedはじき出すはじきだすNeutralFlicking something out, squeezing a person out of a group, or working out a figure. 「一掃」 is about clearing things away thoroughly.
- Related追いやるおいやるNeutralSending someone off elsewhere, or driving them into hardship, as in 「辞任に追いやる」. 「一掃」 means clearing away at a stroke and carries no sense of coercion.
- Related放り出すほうりだすCasualVulgar colloquial for forcefully expelling something from the body, such as in bowel movements or farting. Different objects and settings from 「一掃」 altogether.
- Related撃ち払ううちはらうWrittenWritten/formal: driving off enemies or intruders by shooting. The means is limited to gunfire, while 「一掃」 means thorough removal.
- Related燻り出すいぶりだすNeutralSmoking insects or animals out of their nests or hiding places, figuratively also flushing out someone in hiding. 「一掃」 stresses cleaning up completely.
- Antonym充満じゅうまんWrittenAntonym, written/formal: a space being filled with gas or the like. It stands opposite to 「一掃」 in filling versus clearing away.
- Antonym堆積たいせきWrittenAntonym, written/formal: piling up layer upon layer, or sediment accumulating. It contrasts with 「一掃」 in building up versus clearing out.
Use 「一掃」 for wiping out something bad completely in one stroke, as in 「不安を一掃する」. To drive people or animals away, use 「追い払う」; to drive them out, 「追い出す」; in formal prose for expulsion, 「駆逐」.
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