tiễu
Definition
- 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.