殺戮|さつりくsatsuriku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbslaughter; massacre
    The new ambassador will push for a cease-fire to stop the killing.
Conjugation
Dictionary form殺戮する(さつりくする)
Polite (masu)殺戮します(さつりくします)
Negative (nai)殺戮しない(さつりくしない)
polite (masen)殺戮しません(さつりくしません)
classical zu / nu殺戮せず・殺戮せぬ(さつりくせず・さつりくせぬ)
Past (ta)殺戮した(さつりくした)
polite (mashita)殺戮しました(さつりくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)殺戮しなかった(さつりくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)殺戮しませんでした(さつりくしませんでした)
Te form殺戮して(さつりくして)
Potential殺戮できる(さつりくできる)
Passive殺戮される(さつりくされる)
Causative殺戮させる(さつりくさせる)
Causative passive殺戮させられる(さつりくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)殺戮すれば(さつりくすれば)
tara殺戮したら(さつりくしたら)
Volitional殺戮しよう(さつりくしよう)
polite (mashou)殺戮しましょう(さつりくしましょう)
Imperative殺戮しろ(さつりくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym大量殺人たいりょうさつじんNeutralNeutral word for mass murder, common in news reports; usually refers to killing incidents and is plainer than 「殺戮」.
  • Synonym大虐殺だいぎゃくさつWrittenWritten/formal prose for a massacre of enormous scale; more specifically than 「殺戮」, it denotes a large massacre.
  • Synonym鏖殺おうさつWrittenRare word of written/formal prose for killing everyone; stresses that not a single person is spared.
  • Related大量虐殺たいりょうぎゃくさつWrittenWritten/formal prose for mass slaughter or genocide; stresses the large number of victims.
  • Antonym保護ほごNeutralNeutral word for protection or safeguarding; the exact opposite of 「殺戮」's cruel killing of many people.

Use 「殺戮」for cruelly killing many people; it is a written/formal word. For genocide or mass slaughter, choose 「大虐殺」or 「大量虐殺」; for a mass-killing incident in the news, 「大量殺人」. 「鏖殺」is a rare written word for killing everyone; 「保護」is the antonym.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 一度いちどにたくさんの人ひとを残忍ざんにんな方法ほうほうで殺ころすこと。
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