Meaningattack · fell · punish · strikeOn'yomiカ · ハツ · バツ · ボチKun'yomiう.つ · き.る · そむ.くCommon compounds (5)乱伐 らんばつreckless deforestation; overcutting of forests伐採 ばっさいfelling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering伐りだす きりだすto start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.)伐つ うつto attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge間伐 かんばつperiodic thinning (e.g. forest)