Definition

1. Verb:
   • To suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate: Refers to military or police actions aimed at completely eliminating a group, typically rebels, bandits, or insurgents. It implies an organized campaign to clear an area of these elements.
   • To conduct a punitive campaign against: To hunt down and destroy through coordinated force.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quân đội được lệnh tiễu trừ bọn cướp trong vùng. (The army was ordered to suppress the bandits in the region.)
  • Chiến dịch tiễu phỉ kéo dài nhiều tháng. (The campaign to exterminate the bandits lasted for many months.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is almost exclusively used in formal, historical, or military/policing contexts. It is not used in everyday conversation.
• It often appears in fixed combinations with specific objects, such as "phỉ" (bandits) or "trừ" (to eliminate).

Variants and Related Words

• Tiễu trừ (v): To suppress and eliminate; to eradicate. A stronger, more formal compound.
  • Chính phủ quyết tâm tiễu trừ nạn buôn người. (The government is determined to eradicate human trafficking.)
• Tiễu phỉ (v): To suppress bandits; to conduct anti-bandit operations.
  • Lực lượng biên phòng tham gia tiễu phỉ. (The border guard force participated in suppressing bandits.)

Synonyms

• Suppress: To end something by force.
• Eradicate: To destroy completely.
• Exterminate: To kill all of a group or species.
• Mop up: To complete the defeat of remaining enemy forces.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms using the word "tiễu" in modern Vietnamese. Its usage is confined to specific military or law enforcement terminology.