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撲滅

扑灭

pūmiè

to eradicate
to extinguish

(transitive) to annihilate; to eradicate; to exterminate; to extinguish; to stamp out; to wipe out; to destroy; to ruin
to annihilate; to eradicate; to exterminate; to extinguish; to stamp out; to wipe out; to destroy; to ruin

撲打消滅。

重編國語辭典

撲打使止息或消滅

Examples

消防队员把火扑灭了。

The fire fighters put out the fire.

Source: Tatoeba

要即時撲滅那火災並不容易。

It was not easy to put out the fire at once.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

to throw oneself at
to pounce on
to devote one's energies
to flap
to flutter
to dab
to pat
to bend over

to extinguish or put out
to go out (of a fire etc)
to exterminate or wipe out
to drown

Related entries

to eradicate
to exterminate

to eradicate
to pull up

jiǎncǎochúgēn

lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
to eradicate

to dig out
to eradicate

to wash away
to eradicate

to weed
to eradicate

to uproot
to eradicate (traitors)

to clear up
to wipe out
to eradicate

gǎnjìnshājué

to kill to the last one (idiom)
to exterminate
to eradicate
ruthless

to restore sth to its initial state
to reset (an odometer etc)
to empty (a bank account)
to eradicate (a disease)
(computing) to clear (memory)
to zero (a hard drive)

to extinguish
to put out (fire)
to quench
to stop burning
to go out (of fire, lamp etc)
to come to an end
to wither away
to die out
Taiwan pr. xí

别忘了把香烟熄掉。

Don't forget to extinguish your cigarette.

Source: Tatoeba

to extinguish (of fire)