Definition

1. Verb:
   • To eradicate completely; to annihilate: To destroy something totally, leaving no trace, often over a wide area. This implies a thorough and systematic destruction.
   • To raze; to level: To completely destroy buildings, structures, or settlements, typically to the ground.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quân đội đã triệt hạ căn cứ của địch. (The army eradicated the enemy base.)
  • Cơn bão triệt hạ nhiều ngôi làng ven biển. (The storm razed many coastal villages.)
  • Kế hoạch nhằm triệt hạ tận gốc dịch bệnh. (The plan aims to completely wipe out the epidemic.)

Advanced Usage

• "triệt hạ" in military/strategic contexts: Often used to describe the total destruction of enemy forces, infrastructure, or strongholds.
  • Chiến dịch tập trung vào việc triệt hạ các kho vũ khí. (The campaign focused on annihilating the weapon depots.)

Variants and Related Words

• Triệt để (adj/adv): Thorough, radical, exhaustive. While related in spirit (implying completeness), it is not synonymous. describes the manner of an action, whereas is the destructive action itself.
  • Giải quyết vấn đề một cách triệt để. (To solve a problem thoroughly.)

Synonyms

• Annihilate: To destroy completely.
• Raze: To level to the ground.
• Obliterate: To remove all traces of; to wipe out.
• Exterminate: To destroy completely (often used for living things).

Related Idioms

• Triệt hạ tận gốc: To eradicate root and branch; to destroy utterly, including the source.
  • Phải triệt hạ tận gốc tổ chức tội phạm. (The criminal organization must be eradicated root and branch.)

1. to wipe down, to eradicate