絶たやす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

exterminate; wipe out; eradicate

Used for completely eliminating living things, groups, or abstract things like hopes or traditions. Often implies deliberate action.

• 害がい虫ちゅうを絶たやすために農のう薬やくを使つかった。

  We used pesticide to exterminate the pests.

• その戦せん争そうで多おおくの種しゅ族ぞくが絶たやされた。

  Many tribes were wiped out in that war.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

let go out; let die; run out of

Often used with fire, plants, or resources. Implies failing to maintain something so it ceases to exist.

• キャンプファイヤーの火ひを絶たやさないように薪まきをくべた。

  We added firewood so as not to let the campfire go out.

• 水みずやりを忘わすれて花はなを絶たやしてしまった。

  I forgot to water the flowers and let them die.