撲pok3滅mit6

English

1. to eradicate
2. to extinguish
3. (Formal) to stamp out; to put out; to extinguish (a fire)unreviewed?
4. (Formal) to exterminate; to wipe outunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. （正式）整熄（某啲燒緊嘅嘢）unreviewed?
2. （正式）令到（某啲嘢）消失unreviewed?

Examples

• 消防队员把火扑灭了。

  The fire fighters put out the fire.

  Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

• 要即時撲滅那火災並不容易。

  It was not easy to put out the fire at once.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 消防隊員很快就把火撲滅了。

  The firemen soon put out the fire.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 湯姆試著用滅火器把火撲滅。

  Tom used a fire extinguisher to try and put the fire out.

  Tatoeba · umidake CC BY

• 蜡烛是自己熄灭的，而不是被扑灭的。

  The candle went out instead of having been put out.

  Tatoeba · mcq CC BY

• unreviewed?

  啲消防員用咗半個鐘頭將場火撲滅，冇人受傷。

  The firemen spent half an hour to extinguish the fire. Nobody was injured. ----

• unreviewed?

  我哋警隊一定會努力將呢個區入面嘅販毒撲滅。

  We, the police force, will exert effort to exterminate the selling of drugs within this district.