毒殺|どくさつdokusatsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbkilling by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
    彼かれは妻つまを毒殺どくさつしたと言いわれている。↗
    He is alleged to have poisoned his wife.
Conjugation
Dictionary form毒殺する(どくさつする)
Polite (masu)毒殺します(どくさつします)
Negative (nai)毒殺しない(どくさつしない)
polite (masen)毒殺しません(どくさつしません)
classical zu / nu毒殺せず・毒殺せぬ(どくさつせず・どくさつせぬ)
Past (ta)毒殺した(どくさつした)
polite (mashita)毒殺しました(どくさつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)毒殺しなかった(どくさつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)毒殺しませんでした(どくさつしませんでした)
Te form毒殺して(どくさつして)
Potential毒殺できる(どくさつできる)
Passive毒殺される(どくさつされる)
Causative毒殺させる(どくさつさせる)
Causative passive毒殺させられる(どくさつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)毒殺すれば(どくさつすれば)
tara毒殺したら(どくさつしたら)
Volitional毒殺しよう(どくさつしよう)
polite (mashou)毒殺しましょう(どくさつしましょう)
Imperative毒殺しろ(どくさつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym薬殺やくさつWrittenWritten/formal prose for killing a person or animal with poison; much less common — 「毒殺」 is the usual choice.
  • Related毒害どくがいWrittenWritten and rare: poisoning someone. Close in meaning to 「毒殺」, but everyday speech just uses 「毒殺」.
  • Related一服盛るいっぷくもるCasualColloquial idiom for secretly slipping poison to someone; has a fictional, novel-like flavor.
  • Related毒を入れるNeutralNeutral: putting poison into food or drink; describes the concrete act and does not necessarily kill.
  • Antonym救命きゅうめいNeutralNeutral antonym: saving a person's life — the opposite of 「毒殺」, which takes a life.
  • Antonym蘇生そせいNeutralNeutral antonym: reviving or resuscitating someone, as in 「心肺蘇生」 — the opposite of the lethal 「毒殺」.

Use 「毒殺」 for killing with poison. 「薬殺」 is a rarer written equivalent, 「毒害」 also written and rare. 「一服盛る」 is colloquial for secretly poisoning someone; 「毒を入れる」 describes putting poison in food or drink, not necessarily fatally. Opposites: 「救命」, 「蘇生」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 毒どくを使つかって殺ころすこと。
  2. 毒どくを使つかって殺ころす。
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