抹殺|まっさつmassatsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verberasure; obliteration
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdenial; ignoring (an opinion)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 抹殺する（まっさつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 抹殺します（まっさつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 抹殺しない（まっさつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 抹殺しません（まっさつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 抹殺せず・抹殺せぬ（まっさつせず・まっさつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 抹殺した（まっさつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 抹殺しました（まっさつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 抹殺しなかった（まっさつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 抹殺しませんでした（まっさつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 抹殺して（まっさつして） |
| Potential | 抹殺できる（まっさつできる） |
| Passive | 抹殺される（まっさつされる） |
| Causative | 抹殺させる（まっさつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 抹殺させられる（まっさつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 抹殺すれば（まっさつすれば） |
| tara | 抹殺したら（まっさつしたら） |
| Volitional | 抹殺しよう（まっさつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 抹殺しましょう（まっさつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 抹殺しろ（まっさつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym殲滅せんめつWrittenWritten/formal prose with a military flavor. Focuses on annihilating the enemy, destroying every last one of them.
- Related根絶こんぜつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Focuses on eradicating something bad completely from the root, such as a disease or vice, as in 「天然痘の根絶」.
- Related撲滅ぼくめつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Focuses on wiping out things seen as harmful, as in 「暴力撲滅運動」.
- Related皆殺しみなごろしCasualColloquial. Killing everyone, sparing not a single person; it centres on slaughter, whereas 「抹殺」 can also mean denying or ignoring.
- Related駆除くじょNeutralNeutral. Focuses on exterminating pests and vermin, as in 「害虫駆除」.
- Related駆逐くちくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Focuses on driving the other party out thoroughly, clearing them from the area.
- Related全滅ぜんめつNeutralNeutral. Focuses on everything being wiped out or a whole force perishing; describes the state of total destruction.
- Related退治たいじNeutralNeutral. Focuses on conquering and doing away with demons, pests and the like, as in 「鬼退治」.
- Related根絶やしねだやしCasualColloquial. Literally pulling something up by the roots; figuratively eliminating it completely, leaving nothing behind.
- Related撃滅げきめつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Focuses on defeating and destroying the enemy, beating them and annihilating them.
- Related鏖殺おうさつWrittenWritten/formal prose and rare. Means massacring everyone, killing them all to the last person.
- Related根こそぎねこそぎCasualColloquial. Uprooting completely or taking everything, leaving not a trace; also used adverbially for thorough, all-out removal.
- Antonym保存ほぞんNeutralAntonym. Keeping something in its original state unchanged, the opposite of erasing it completely.
- Antonym保護ほごNeutralAntonym. Guarding something so it is not harmed or destroyed, the opposite of wiping it out.
Use 「抹殺」 to erase, deny or kill off something's very existence, as in 「社会的に抹殺される」 or 「事実を抹殺する」. For exterminating pests pick 「駆除」; for eradicating a disease or vice completely pick 「根絶」; for annihilating an enemy pick 「殲滅」. 「撲滅」 wipes out harmful things, 「皆殺し」 kills every last one, and the antonyms 「保存」 and 「保護」 mean keeping and protecting.
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