絶ぜつ滅めつ

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

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

Meanings

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

extinction; dying out

Used for species, languages, or natural phenomena disappearing completely. Often appears in environmental or biological contexts.

このままでは、その鳥とりは絶ぜつ滅めつしてしまうだろう。
At this rate, that bird will go extinct.

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

eradication; stamping out; wiping out

Focuses on deliberate human action to eliminate something harmful, such as pests, diseases, or social evils. Often used with する in a transitive sense.

政せい府ふはその病びょう気きの絶ぜつ滅めつを目め指ざしている。
The government is aiming for the eradication of the disease.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が絶ぜつ滅めつするfor a species or language to become extinct
このカメの仲なか間まはすでに絶ぜつ滅めつした。
This species of turtle has already gone extinct.
〈物もの〉を絶ぜつ滅めつさせるto eradicate or wipe something out
医い師したちはその感かん染せん症しょうを絶ぜつ滅めつさせることに成せい功こうした。
The doctors succeeded in eradicating that infectious disease.
絶ぜつ滅めつの危き機きにあるto be in danger of extinction
このパンダは絶ぜつ滅めつの危き機きにある。
This panda is in danger of extinction.
〈物もの〉を絶ぜつ滅めつに追おい込こむto drive something to extinction
人にん間げんの活かつ動どうが多おおくの野や生せい動どう物ぶつを絶ぜつ滅めつに追おい込こんだ。
Human activity has driven many wild animals to extinction.

Kanji

絶discontinue, sever, cut off
滅destroy, ruin, overthrow

Related words· 11

絶たやす sense 2
絶やす is a transitive verb meaning to let something die out through neglect or effort, while 絶滅 is the more formal noun/suru-verb for the resulting extinction.
根こん絶ぜつ sense 2
根絶 stresses completely rooting out the source of a problem, while 絶滅 more broadly covers both deliberate eradication and natural extinction.
撲ぼく滅めつN1sense 2
撲滅 is used almost exclusively for deliberately stamping out harmful things like crime or disease, whereas 絶滅 also covers natural extinction.
死し滅めつ sense 1
死滅 emphasizes cells, organisms, or populations dying off, while 絶滅 focuses on a species or category disappearing entirely.

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全ぜん滅めつN1sense 1
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.
消しょう滅めつN1sense 1
消滅 is a broader term for anything disappearing or becoming void (including rights or contracts), while 絶滅 is specific to species, languages, or living things dying out.
滅ほろびるN2
絶滅する is the technical term for species extinction, while 滅びる is broader and can describe the fall of nations, cultures, or civilizations.
断だん絶ぜつN1
絶滅 refers specifically to the biological extinction of a species, while 断絶 is broader and can describe the dying-out of a lineage, tradition, or continuous state.
滅めつ亡ぼうN1
絶滅 is used specifically for the extinction of a species or biological group, whereas 滅亡 also covers the downfall of civilizations, nations, or organizations.
廃はい絶ぜつN1
絶滅 is the standard term for biological extinction of species, whereas 廃絶 is used more for traditions, practices, or systems dying out or being eliminated.
絶たえるN2
絶滅する is a formal, biological term specifically for a species becoming extinct, while 絶える can describe the same idea more broadly or poetically for any living thing or lineage.

Opposites

存そん続ぞくN1sense 1
存続 means to continue existing or survive, the opposite of 絶滅's meaning of dying out completely.
繁はん殖しょくN2
絶滅 means a species dies out completely, the opposite of 繁殖, which means it multiplies and thrives.

Don't confuse with

絶ぜつ望ぼうN2
絶望 (despair) shares the kanji 絶 with 絶滅 (extinction) but has a completely unrelated meaning about hopelessness rather than dying out.
撲ぼく滅めつN1
絶滅 usually refers to the natural extinction of a species, while 撲滅 refers to a deliberate campaign to eliminate something harmful like a disease or crime.
全ぜん滅めつN1
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.

Word family· 7

大たい絶ぜつ滅めつ
mass extinction; extinction event
絶ぜつ滅めつ種しゅ
extinct species
大たい量りょう絶ぜつ滅めつ
mass extinction; extinction event
絶ぜつ滅めつ危き惧ぐ
endangered; threatened (species)
絶ぜつ滅めつ危き機き
endangerment; risk of extinction

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絶ぜつ滅めつ危き険けん種しゅ
endangered species
絶ぜつ滅めつ収しゅう容よう所じょ
extermination camp; death camp

Etymology

Compound of 絶 (extinction, severance) and 滅 (destruction, ruin). The combination reinforces the idea of complete disappearance or annihilation.