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やっ付ける · ichidan verb

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	やっ付つける	やっ付つけない
Polite	やっ付つけます	やっ付つけません
Past polite	やっ付つけました	やっ付つけませんでした
Past	やっ付つけた	やっ付つけなかった
Te-form	やっ付つけて	やっ付つけないで
Desire	やっ付つけたい	やっ付つけたくない
Potential	やっ付つけられるalso やっ付つけれる	やっ付つけられないalso やっ付つけれない
Passive	やっ付つけられる	やっ付つけられない
Causative	やっ付つけさせる	やっ付つけさせない
Causative passive	やっ付つけさせられる	やっ付つけさせられない
Volitional	やっ付つけよう
Polite volitional	やっ付つけましょう
Imperative	やっ付つけろ	やっ付つけるな
Conditional	やっ付つければ	やっ付つけなければ
Tara conditional	やっ付つけたら	やっ付つけなかったら

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

beat up; attack; finish off; do away with

usually written using kana alone

Colloquial transitive verb for physically beating someone, attacking an enemy, or decisively dealing with a problem or task. Often carries a rough, forceful nuance.

悪わる者ものをやっつけるヒーローに憧あこがれる。
I admire heroes who beat up the bad guys.
宿しゅく題だいをさっさとやっつけてしまおう。
Let's finish off this homework quickly.

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Usage patterns

〈相あい手て〉をやっつけるto beat/defeat an opponent
試し合あいで相あい手てをやっつけた。
I beat my opponent in the match.
〈事こと〉をやっつけるto knock out/finish off a task quickly
宿しゅく題だいを一いっ気きにやっつけた。
I knocked out my homework in one go.
〈物もの〉をやっつけてしまうto completely finish off/dispose of something
残のこっていた仕し事ごとを全ぜん部ぶやっつけてしまった。
I completely finished off all the leftover work.

Kanji

遣dispatch, despatch, send
付adhere, attach, refer to

Related words

倒たおすN3
倒す is a neutral word for knocking someone/something down or defeating an opponent, while やっつける adds a rough, colloquial 'beat up/finish off' flavor.
負まかすN2
負かす focuses narrowly on defeating someone in a contest or argument, whereas やっつける can also mean physically beating someone or forcefully finishing a task.
片かた付づけるN4
片付ける means to tidy up or settle a matter calmly, while やっつける implies doing so forcefully or roughly.
懲こらしめる
懲らしめる stresses punishing someone to teach them a lesson, while やっつける is a broader, more casual word for beating or defeating someone.

Written forms

やっ付つける
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; it is the highest-priority written form.
やっつけるUsage100%
Kana spelling is very common and matches usual-kana usage.
遣やっ付つけるUsage<1%
Full kanji spelling using 遣; rarely used in modern writing.
遣やっつける
Mixed kanji-kana variant with 遣; very rare.

Etymology

Developed through contraction of やり付ける, from やる plus 付ける. Its senses progressed from doing something forcefully or thoroughly to defeating or disposing of someone.