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jmdict 1199930 Active (id: 2275620)
壊滅 [news1,nf13] 潰滅 [rK]
かいめつ [news1,nf13]
1. [n,vs,vi]
▶ (complete) destruction
▶ annihilation
▶ devastation

Conjugations


History:
4. A 2023-08-26 19:06:12  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
壊滅	582,108	98.7%	
潰滅	7,915	1.3%
---
を壊滅し	        2,853		
を壊滅させ	23,286
  Comments:
自他 in sankoku but it's defined intransitively (with no transitive examples). In meikyo and shinmeikai it's intransitive only. The JE examples are all intransitive. The n-grams show that を壊滅させる is much more common than を壊滅する. I don't think there's a strong case for adding vt here.
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -21,3 +22 @@
-<pos>&vt;</pos>
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
-<gloss>destruction</gloss>
+<gloss>(complete) destruction</gloss>
@@ -26 +24,0 @@
-<gloss>catastrophe</gloss>
3. A* 2023-08-26 17:07:52 
  Diff:
@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<pos>&vt;</pos>
2. A 2022-01-22 01:32:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Correct POS order
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>
@@ -21 +21,0 @@
-<pos>&vi;</pos>
1. A 2021-11-18 00:33:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Meikyo vt and vi additions to n,vs entries
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<pos>&vi;</pos>

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