discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
絶 centers on a sharp break or end: cutting off, discontinuing, or severing a connection. The extended senses of being peerless or unparalleled come from the idea of being cut off from comparison, while abstaining or suppressing is cutting off an action or desire.
絶 is the modern simplified form of 絕. The older form combines 糸 (thread) with 刀 (knife) and 巴, suggesting cutting thread with a knife. The modern form replaces the right side with 色, which is a simplification.
The left side is thread 糸, and the right side looks like a cutting tool. Picture a sharp blade severing a thread, cutting it off completely.
For ゼツ, imagine a thread being cut with a sharp 'zets' sound: zets -> ゼツ, as the blade severs the connection.
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
despair; hopelessness
extinction; extermination
high praise; great admiration; acclaim
refusal; rejection
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct
top (of a mountain); summit
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
best; ideal; perfect
in perfect form; going swimmingly
abortion
constantly; always; continually; steadily
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past)
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation
abolition; elimination
being lost for words; becoming speechless
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to put an end to
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally