撲滅 ぼくめつ eradication #10,689 Meanings noun, takes する, transitive eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression Its kanji 撲 ボク slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak 滅 メツ · ほろ.びる、ほろ.ぶ、ほろ.ぼす destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish