Definition

1. Verb:
   • To eliminate, to eradicate, to remove completely: "trừ khử" means to take action to completely remove, destroy, or get rid of something, especially something considered harmful, undesirable, or obsolete.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính quyền đang nỗ lực trừ khử các tệ nạn xã hội. (The government is making efforts to eradicate social evils.)
  • Mục tiêu của chiến dịch là trừ khử hoàn toàn loài muỗi mang mầm bệnh. (The campaign's goal is to completely eliminate the disease-carrying mosquitoes.)
  • Chúng ta cần trừ khử những tư tưởng lạc hậu. (We need to eradicate outdated ideologies.)

Advanced Usage

• "trừ khử tận gốc": to eradicate at the root, to eliminate thoroughly.
  • Phải trừ khử tận gốc nạn tham nhũng. (Corruption must be eradicated at the root.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trừ (verb): to subtract, to deduct; to eliminate, to remove (a less forceful or more general term than "trừ khử").
• Khử trùng (verb): to disinfect, to sterilize (a compound word; note the reversed word order compared to the target word).
• Tiêu diệt (verb): to destroy, to annihilate (often used in a more physical or violent context).
• Loại bỏ (verb): to remove, to eliminate (a more neutral and commonly used term).

Synonyms

• Xóa bỏ: to abolish, to obliterate.
• Bài trừ: to eradicate, to get rid of (often used for customs, habits).
• Thanh toán: to liquidate, to settle (can mean to eliminate in a decisive manner).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As Vietnamese does not have phrasal verbs in the same way English does, this section lists common verb phrases using "trừ khử". - Trừ khử cho sạch: to eliminate until clean/clear. - Trừ khử cho sạch cỏ dại trong vườn. (To eliminate all the weeds in the garden.) - Trừ khử đến cùng: to eliminate to the end, to persist in eliminating. - Quyết tâm trừ khử đến cùng nạn buôn người. (Determined to eradicate human trafficking to the very end.)

Related Idioms

• "Trừ tà khử ma": (literally: to expel evil spirits and eliminate ghosts). This idiom means to get rid of all harmful or malevolent influences.
  • Lễ hội có nghi thức trừ tà khử ma. (The festival has a ritual to expel evil spirits.)

verb

1. to extirpate