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撲滅

ぼくめつ

eradication

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Examples

  1. 伝染病を撲滅する。

    でんせんびょうをぼくめつする。

    We eradicate the epidemic.

  2. 飲酒運転の撲滅を目指す。

    いんしゅうんてんのぼくめつをめざす。

    We aim to stamp out drink-driving.

  3. いじめの撲滅には周りの大人の関与が欠かせない。

    いじめのぼくめつにはまわりのおとなのかんよがかかせない。

    Stamping out bullying requires the involvement of the adults around the children.

Common patterns

撲滅運動
an eradication campaign
撲滅を目指す
to aim at eradication
犯罪を撲滅する
to stamp out crime

Memory tip

Campaign vocabulary: you 撲滅 a social evil or a disease, usually in slogans such as 交通事故撲滅運動. It overlaps with 根絶, but 撲滅 sounds like an active fight against the thing.

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