撲滅|ぼくめつbokumetsu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verberadication; extermination; destruction; suppression
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 撲滅する（ぼくめつする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 撲滅します（ぼくめつします） |
| Negative (nai) | 撲滅しない（ぼくめつしない） |
| polite (masen) | 撲滅しません（ぼくめつしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 撲滅せず・撲滅せぬ（ぼくめつせず・ぼくめつせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 撲滅した（ぼくめつした） |
| polite (mashita) | 撲滅しました（ぼくめつしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 撲滅しなかった（ぼくめつしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 撲滅しませんでした（ぼくめつしませんでした） |
| Te form | 撲滅して（ぼくめつして） |
| Potential | 撲滅できる（ぼくめつできる） |
| Passive | 撲滅される（ぼくめつされる） |
| Causative | 撲滅させる（ぼくめつさせる） |
| Causative passive | 撲滅させられる（ぼくめつさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 撲滅すれば（ぼくめつすれば） |
| tara | 撲滅したら（ぼくめつしたら） |
| Volitional | 撲滅しよう（ぼくめつしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 撲滅しましょう（ぼくめつしましょう） |
| Imperative | 撲滅しろ（ぼくめつしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym根絶こんぜつNeutralWiping something out at the root so it cannot come back; 「撲滅」 is about stamping out a social ill through campaigns and measures, as in 「暴力撲滅」.
- Synonym駆除くじょNeutralExterminating pests or germs, with a hygiene and pest-control focus.
- Synonym駆逐くちくWrittenWritten: driving out or expelling, i.e. pushing something out, as in 「悪貨が良貨を駆逐する」.
- Synonym退治たいじNeutralGetting rid of pests or monsters; common in speech, as in 「ゴキブリ退治」.
- Synonym滅ぼすほろぼすNeutralVerb: to destroy or ruin, typically a nation, as in 「国を滅ぼす」.
- Synonym殲滅せんめつWrittenWritten: annihilation, typically of enemy forces but also of pests; the focus is destroying every last one.
- Synonym掃滅そうめつWrittenWritten: mopping up, typically enemy troops, also wiping out a disease; stresses leaving none even more than 「撲滅」.
- Synonym根絶やしねだやしNeutralPulling up by the roots, a vivid image; the focus is leaving not one behind.
- Related撃滅げきめつWrittenWritten military term: smashing and annihilating enemy forces; the target is an enemy.
- Related討ち滅ぼすうちほろぼすWrittenWritten verb with an archaic, elevated ring: to subjugate and destroy; the target is a hostile force.
- Related討滅とうめつWrittenWritten and rare: subjugating and wiping out, with the focus on the punitive campaign.
- Antonym保護ほごNeutralProtection, the opposite of wiping out with 「撲滅」.
- Antonym育成いくせいNeutralFostering and raising, the opposite of stamping out with 「撲滅」.
Use 「撲滅」 for stamping out crime, disease and other social ills through campaigns and measures: 「交通事故撲滅運動」, 「害虫を撲滅する」. For eradication at the root say 「根絶」, for getting rid of pests 「駆除」, and in casual speech 「退治」. The opposite is 「保護」.
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