Definition

1. Verb:
   • To crush out; to suppress completely: This phrase means to decisively end or eliminate something, typically a rebellion, disturbance, or undesirable situation, through forceful action. It implies a thorough and definitive resolution.
   • To quell; to put down: It conveys the act of bringing something under control, stopping it from continuing, often with a sense of finality.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ đã dẹp tan cuộc nổi dậy. (The government crushed out the uprising.)
  • Cảnh sát dẹp tan đám đông hỗn loạn. (The police quelled the riotous crowd.)
  • Họ hy vọng dẹp tan mọi tin đồn thất thiệt. (They hope to suppress all the false rumors completely.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase "dẹp tan" is often used in formal or journalistic contexts related to authority, military action, or decisive intervention against chaos or opposition.
• It can be applied metaphorically to non-physical threats, such as doubts or fears.
  • Cô ấy dẹp tan mọi nghi ngờ bằng hành động của mình. (She dispelled all doubts with her actions.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dẹp yên (v): to pacify; to calm a situation.
  • Mọi việc đã được dẹp yên. (Everything has been pacified.)
• Trấn áp (v): to repress; to oppress (often with a stronger, more authoritarian connotation).
  • trấn áp biểu tình (to repress a protest)

Synonyms

• Suppress: to end something by force.
• Quell: to put an end to, typically by force.
• Crush: to defeat completely.
• Dispel: to make a feeling or belief disappear.

Related Idioms

• Dẹp bỏ: to abolish; to do away with (often used for ideas, practices, or habits).
  • dẹp bỏ tư tưởng lạc hậu (to abolish outdated ideas)

verb

1. to crush out
   • dẹp tan một cuộc nổi loạn
     To crush out a revolt