絶ぜつ滅めつ
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. extinction; extermination
2. eradication; stamping out; wiping out
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ぜつめつ
Used in vocabulary
絶ぜつ滅めつ種しゅ
extinct species
Noun
絶ぜつ滅めつ寸すん前ぜん
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
Noun
絶ぜつ滅めつ危き機き
endangerment (of a species)
Noun
野や生せい絶ぜつ滅めつ
Extinct in the Wild (conservation status); EW
Noun
準じゅん絶ぜつ滅めつ危き惧ぐ
near-threatened (species)
No-adjective
絶ぜつ滅めつ危き惧ぐ
threatened (species); endangered
No-adjective
大たい量りょう絶ぜつ滅めつ
extinction event; mass extinction
Noun
大たい絶ぜつ滅めつ
mass extinction; extinction event
Noun
絶ぜつ滅めつ収しゅう容よう所じょ
extermination camp; death camp
Noun
Examples26
Extinction is part of evolution.
Their job is to exterminate rats and mice.
Elephants are in danger of dying out.
Those animals were in danger of dying out.
Nuclear weapons may bring about the annihilation of man.
Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.