絶滅 – Vocabulary details

絶ぜつ滅めつ

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する, intransitive)

1. extinction; extermination

2. eradication; stamping out; wiping out

Kanji used

絶

cut off

滅

perish

Pitch accent

ぜ

つめつ

Conjugations...Used in: 932

Composed of

絶ぜつ

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

滅めつ

destruction; ruin; nirvana; cessation (of earthly desires); dying (from overwhelming emotion); being overwhelmed (by something)

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

絶ぜつ滅めつ寸すん前ぜん

Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE

絶ぜつ滅めつ種しゅ

extinct species

絶ぜつ滅めつ危き惧ぐ

threatened (species); endangered

大たい絶ぜつ滅めつ

mass extinction; extinction event

大たい量りょう絶ぜつ滅めつ

extinction event; mass extinction

野や生せい絶ぜつ滅めつ

Extinct in the Wild (conservation status); EW

絶ぜつ滅めつ危き機き

endangerment (of a species)

絶ぜつ滅めつ収しゅう容よう所じょ

extermination camp; death camp

絶ぜつ滅めつ危き険けん種しゅ

endangered species

Examples (17 in total)

絶ぜつ滅めつは進しん化かの一いち部ぶである。

Extinction is a part of evolution.

恐きょう竜りゅうは大おお昔むかしに絶ぜつ滅めつした。

Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.

鯨くじらは保ほ護ごされなければ、絶ぜつ滅めつするだろう。

Unless whales are protected, they will become extinct.