truy quét
Definition
- Verb:
- To sweep and clear; to mop up: A military and security term meaning to conduct an operation to pursue, clear out, and eliminate remaining enemy forces, insurgents, or criminal elements from a specific area.
- To crack down on; to eradicate: Used more broadly to describe aggressive, systematic campaigns to search for and eliminate targeted problems, such as crime, corruption, or pests.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Lực lượng an ninh đang truy quét tàn quân khủng bố trong khu rừng. (Security forces are mopping up remnant terrorist troops in the forest.)
- Chính quyền phát động chiến dịch truy quét tội phạm ma túy. (The authorities launched a campaign to crack down on drug crime.)
- Cần truy quét triệt để ổ dịch. (It is necessary to thoroughly eradicate the outbreak cluster.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in official, formal contexts related to military, police, or governmental actions. It implies a final, thorough, and forceful action to completely clear an area or solve a problem.
Variants and Related Words
- Cuộc truy quét (n): a sweep operation; a mop-up operation.
- Cuộc truy quét đã tiêu diệt nhiều phần tử nổi loạn. (The mop-up operation eliminated many insurgents.)
Synonyms
- Mop up: to complete the defeat of remaining enemy forces.
- Clear out: to remove people or things from a place, often forcefully.
- Eradicate: to destroy completely.
- Crack down on: to take severe measures against something.
Related Idioms
- While not a traditional idiom, the phrase "truy quét tận gốc" is a common collocation meaning "to eradicate at the root" or "to root out completely."
- Chiến dịch nhằm truy quét tận gốc nạn tham nhũng. (The campaign aims to root out corruption completely.)