Definition

1. Verb:
   • To burn and destroy: The act of deliberately setting fire to something to cause its destruction or severe damage, often with violent or malicious intent. This verb combines the actions of burning (đốt) and wrecking/destroying (phá).

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quân địch tiến vào làng và đốt phá nhiều ngôi nhà. (The enemy troops entered the village and burned/destroyed many houses.)
  • Những kẻ bạo loạn đã đốt phá các cửa hàng trên phố. (The rioters burned and destroyed shops on the street.)
  • Hành động đốt phá tài sản là một tội nghiêm trọng. (The act of burning and destroying property is a serious crime.)

Advanced Usage

• "đốt phá hoang": This is a compound verb meaning to clear land by burning vegetation. It is a specific agricultural/land-clearing term and is considered a separate lexical unit from the core word 'đốt phá'.
  • Người nông dân đốt phá hoang để lấy đất canh tác. (The farmer clears the land by burning to get farmland.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đốt (verb): To burn, to set on fire.
  • đốt rác (to burn trash)
• Phá (verb): To destroy, to wreck, to break.
  • phá hủy (to demolish, to destroy)
• Hủy diệt (verb): To annihilate, to obliterate. (A stronger, more comprehensive synonym for destruction.)
• Thiêu hủy (verb): To incinerate, to burn completely. (Emphasizes the burning aspect to ashes.)
• Tàn phá (verb): To devastate, to ravage. (Emphasizes widespread and severe destruction, which can include but is not limited to burning.)

Synonyms

• Phá hủy bằng lửa: To destroy by fire.
• Thiêu đốt: To burn, to set ablaze. (Focuses more on the burning action.)

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• itself functions as a compound verb and is typically used as a single unit. It does not commonly separate to form phrasal verbs with other particles.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms that use the exact compound word 'đốt phá'. The concept is typically expressed directly.

1. Burn and destroy