절멸

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 絶滅.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeolmyeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeolmyeol
McCune–Reischauer?chŏlmyŏl
Yale Romanization?cel.myel

Noun

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절멸 (jeolmyeol) (hanja 絶滅)

  1. (transitive) to wipe out; to eliminate; to annihilate
  2. (intransitive) to die out; to become extinct