殲滅

See also: 歼灭

Chinese
annihilate extinguish
trad. (殲滅) 殲 滅
simp. (歼灭) 歼 灭

Pronunciation

Verb

殲滅

  1. to annihilate; to eradicate

Synonyms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
殲 滅
せん
Hyōgaiji		 めつ
Grade: S
goon
Alternative spelling
せん滅

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 殲滅 (MC tsjem mjiet, literally “annihilate + destroy”), probably as a learned borrowing from Chinese 殲滅／歼灭 (jiānmiè).

First cited to a text from 1825.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せんめつ [sèńmétsú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞mːe̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

殲(せん)滅(めつ) • (senmetsu) 

  1. [from 1825] annihilation, eradication, extermination

Usage notes

Often spelled せん滅 due to the rarity and complexity of the first character 殲.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Verb

殲(せん)滅(めつ)する • (senmetsu suru) transitive suru (stem 殲(せん)滅(めつ)し (senmetsu shi), past 殲(せん)滅(めつ)した (senmetsu shita))

  1. to annihilate; to eradicate, to exterminate

Conjugation
Conjugation of "殲滅する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 殲滅し せんめつし senmetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 殲滅し せんめつし senmetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 殲滅する せんめつする senmetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 殲滅する せんめつする senmetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 殲滅すれ せんめつすれ senmetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 殲滅せよ¹
殲滅しろ²		 せんめつせよ¹
せんめつしろ²		 senmetsu seyo¹
senmetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 殲滅される せんめつされる senmetsu sareru
Causative 殲滅させる
殲滅さす		 せんめつさせる
せんめつさす		 senmetsu saseru
senmetsu sasu
Potential 殲滅できる せんめつできる senmetsu dekiru
Volitional 殲滅しよう せんめつしよう senmetsu shiyō
Negative 殲滅しない せんめつしない senmetsu shinai
Negative continuative 殲滅せず せんめつせず senmetsu sezu
Formal 殲滅します せんめつします senmetsu shimasu
Perfective 殲滅した せんめつした senmetsu shita
Conjunctive 殲滅して せんめつして senmetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 殲滅すれば せんめつすれば senmetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
殲滅

Noun

殲滅 • (seommyeol) (hangeul 섬멸)

  1. Hanja form? of 섬멸 (“annihilation, eradication, extermination”).
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