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What does 全滅 (ぜんめつ, zenmetsu) mean?

全滅 (ぜんめつ, zenmetsu) means total annihilation, complete destruction.

Quick facts
Readingぜんめつ
Romajizenmetsu
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
ぜんめつ
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonzenmetsu

total annihilation, complete destruction

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation
  2. 2noun · suru verb · intransitive total defeat; complete failure

Example sentences

  • The enemy troops were completely wiped out.

  • The crops were completely destroyed by the typhoon.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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