tuyệt diệt
Definition
- Verb:
- To exterminate; to annihilate; to utterly destroy: To completely eliminate or wipe out a group, species, or phenomenon, leaving no trace or possibility of revival.
- To become extinct; to be annihilated: To cease to exist entirely.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Kế hoạch của kẻ xâm lược là tuyệt diệt toàn bộ nền văn hóa. (The invader's plan was to exterminate the entire culture.)
- Nhiều loài động vật có nguy cơ bị tuyệt diệt. (Many animal species are at risk of being annihilated.)
- Nền văn minh cổ đại đó đã tuyệt diệt từ lâu. (That ancient civilization became extinct long ago.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in formal, literary, or historical contexts to describe catastrophic destruction or extinction. It carries a stronger, more absolute, and sometimes more dramatic connotation than simpler words like "tiêu diệt" (to destroy).
Variants and Related Words
- Tuyệt chủng (v): To become extinct (used specifically for species).
- Khủng long đã tuyệt chủng. (Dinosaurs are extinct.)
- Hủy diệt (v): To destroy, to devastate.
- Chiến tranh hủy diệt thành phố. (The war destroyed the city.)
- Xóa sổ (v): To wipe out, to obliterate.
- Lũ lụt xóa sổ ngôi làng. (The flood wiped out the village.)
Synonyms
- Exterminate: To destroy completely.
- Annihilate: To reduce to nothing.
- Obliterate: To remove all traces of.
- Wipe out: To destroy totally.
Related Idioms
- Tuyệt diệt nhân chủng: Genocide; the deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.
- Tội ác tuyệt diệt nhân chủng là không thể tha thứ. (The crime of genocide is unforgivable.)