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    3. 射殺

    射殺

    射しゃ殺さつ

    shooting to death

    KMT7News #13+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveMilitaryKanji Vocab20 strokes

    しゃさつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    shooting to death

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    彼かれは警けい察さつ官かんに射しゃ殺さつされた。

    He was shot to death by a police officer.

    KMT6MilitaryPolitics & Law
    犯はん人にんは抵てい抗こうしたため、やむを得えず射しゃ殺さつされた。

    The culprit resisted, so he was inevitably shot to death.

    KMT7MilitaryPolitics & Law
    戦せん争そう中ちゅう、多おおくの兵へい士しが敵てきに射しゃ殺さつされた。

    During the war, many soldiers were shot to death by the enemy.

    KMT7MilitaryHistory
    密みつ猟りょう者しゃは、希き少しょう動どう物ぶつを射しゃ殺さつして毛け皮がわを奪うばった。

    Poachers shot rare animals to death and stole their fur.

    KMT7MilitaryAnimalsNature & Environment
    その事じ件けんは、警けい察さつ官かんによる射しゃ殺さつの正せい当とう性せいを巡めぐって大おおきな議ぎ論ろんを呼よんだ。

    The incident sparked a major debate over the legitimacy of the shooting by the police officer.

    KMT8MilitaryPolitics & LawDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    射
    い.る・さ.す・う.つ…(1)
    shoot・shine into・onto・archery
    殺
    ころ.す・-ごろ.し・そ.ぐ・あや.める…(3)
    kill・murder・butcher・slice off・split…(3)
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