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ぜつめつ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. extinction; extermination
2. eradication; stamping out; wiping out
Alt. forms
絶ぜつ滅めつ
99%
ぜつめつ
Pitch accent
ぜ
つめつ
Conjugations...Used in: 7
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
Critically Endangered (conservation status); CE
extinct species
mass extinction; extinction event
threatened (species); endangered
extinction event; mass extinction
Extinct in the Wild (conservation status); EW
endangerment (of a species)
endangered species
Examples (17 in total)
Extinction is a part of evolution.
Dinosaurs became extinct a very long time ago.
Unless whales are protected, they will become extinct.
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