廃はい絶ぜつ

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

abolition; elimination

Transitive use: actively abolishing or eliminating a system, practice, or institution. Often used in formal or legal contexts.

• 政せい府ふはその制せい度どを廃はい絶ぜつする方ほう針しんだ。

  The government plans to abolish that system.

• 核かく兵へい器きの廃はい絶ぜつを求もとめる声こえが高たかまっている。

  Calls for the elimination of nuclear weapons are growing.

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

extinction; discontinuation

Intransitive use: something ceasing to exist or dying out, such as a species, tradition, or practice. Less common than the transitive sense.

• その伝でん統とう工こう芸げいは後こう継けい者しゃ不ぶ足そくで廃はい絶ぜつした。

  That traditional craft died out due to a lack of successors.