全ぜん滅めつ

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全滅する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	全ぜん滅めつする	全ぜん滅めつしない
Polite	全ぜん滅めつします	全ぜん滅めつしません
Past polite	全ぜん滅めつしました	全ぜん滅めつしませんでした
Past	全ぜん滅めつした	全ぜん滅めつしなかった
Te-form	全ぜん滅めつして	全ぜん滅めつしないで
Desire	全ぜん滅めつしたい	全ぜん滅めつしたくない
Potential	全ぜん滅めつできる	全ぜん滅めつできない
Passive	全ぜん滅めつされる	全ぜん滅めつされない
Causative	全ぜん滅めつさせる	全ぜん滅めつさせない
Causative passive	全ぜん滅めつさせられる	全ぜん滅めつさせられない
Volitional	全ぜん滅めつしよう
Polite volitional	全ぜん滅めつしましょう
Imperative	全ぜん滅めつしろ	全ぜん滅めつするな
Conditional	全ぜん滅めつすれば	全ぜん滅めつしなければ
Tara conditional	全ぜん滅めつしたら	全ぜん滅めつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

total destruction; annihilation; being wiped out

Used for physical destruction of a group, population, or objects, as well as for complete elimination in a game or battle. Can be used transitively or intransitively.

敵てきの部ぶ隊たいは全ぜん滅めつした。
The enemy unit was completely wiped out.
台たい風ふうで作さく物もつが全ぜん滅めつした。
The crops were totally destroyed by the typhoon.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

total defeat; complete failure

Used for non-physical total failure, such as in exams, plans, or competitions. Typically intransitive.

試し験けんに全ぜん滅めつした。
I failed all my exams.
新しん商しょう品ひんは全ぜん滅めつだった。
The new product was a complete failure.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が全ぜん滅めつするfor a group or population to be totally wiped out
台たい風ふうで稲いねが全ぜん滅めつした。
The typhoon wiped out the entire rice crop.
〈事こと〉で全ぜん滅めつするto fail utterly at something (e.g. a test, plan)
試し験けんで全ぜん滅めつした。
I failed the exam completely, across the board.
〈物もの〉を全ぜん滅めつさせるto annihilate or wipe out a group completely
軍ぐんは敵てきを全ぜん滅めつさせた。
The army completely annihilated the enemy.

Expressions

一いっ家か全ぜん滅めつentire family affected; whole family wiped out

Kanji

全whole, entire, all
滅destroy, ruin, overthrow

Related words· 6

壊かい滅めつ sense 1
壊滅 stresses physical crushing or structural devastation (often military), while 全滅 emphasizes that the destruction or loss is complete.
全ぜん敗ぱい sense 2
全敗 refers specifically to losing every match or contest, whereas 全滅 can describe any kind of total failure, not just contests.
殲せん滅めつ
全滅 describes the state or result of being completely wiped out, while 殲滅 emphasizes the deliberate act of exterminating a force or group.
皆みな殺ごろし
全滅 means total annihilation or wipeout, often from battle or disaster and without implying intentional killing, whereas 皆殺し specifically means deliberately killing every member of a group.

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死し滅めつ
全滅 describes a sudden, total wipeout (often violent or catastrophic), while 死滅 refers more to a gradual dying-out process.
絶ぜつ滅めつN3
全滅 means total annihilation of a group in one event (like an army or crop), while 絶滅 refers to a species or thing ceasing to exist permanently.

Opposites

全ぜん勝しょう sense 2
全勝 means winning every match, the direct opposite of 全滅 in the sense of total defeat or failure.

Don't confuse with

絶ぜつ滅めつN3
絶滅 means a species or kind dying out completely and permanently, while 全滅 describes a specific group or effort being wiped out or failing all at once, not necessarily forever.
全ぜん廃ぱい
全滅 means total destruction or annihilation of living things or forces, while 全廃 means the complete abolition of a system, law, or practice.

Etymology

Compound of 全 (ぜん, 'all, complete') and 滅 (めつ, 'destroy, perish'). The combination straightforwardly yields the meaning 'total destruction'.