撲滅

扑灭
pūmiè
  1. to eradicate
  2. to extinguish

CEDICT

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

Wiktionary

撲打消滅。

重編國語辭典

撲打使止息或消滅

維基詞典

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

1 撲 pū
  1. to throw oneself at
  2. to pounce on
  3. to devote one's energies
  4. to flap
  5. to flutter
  6. to dab
  7. to pat
  8. to bend over
2 滅 miè
  1. to extinguish or put out
  2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. to drown

Related entries

剪除 jiǎnchú
  1. to eradicate
  2. to exterminate
揠 yà
  1. to eradicate
  2. to pull up
根絕 gēnjué to eradicate
根除 gēnchú to eradicate
剪草除根 jiǎncǎochúgēn
  1. lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
  2. to eradicate
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