Definition

1. Verb:
   • To wipe out; to eradicate; to eliminate completely: The primary meaning of "xoá sổ" is to completely remove or destroy something, often implying its total annihilation or deletion from existence or from a record.
   • To write off; to cancel (a debt or record): In financial or administrative contexts, it means to officially remove an entry, such as a debt or name from a list, considering it settled or nullified.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cơn bão gần như xoá sổ ngôi làng. (The storm nearly wiped out the village.)
  • Khoản nợ đó đã được ngân hàng xoá sổ. (That debt has been written off by the bank.)
  • Chính phủ tuyên bố xoá sổ căn bệnh này khỏi đất nước. (The government declared the disease eradicated from the country.)

Advanced Usage

• "xoá sổ đối thủ": to eliminate a rival or opponent.
  • Đội bóng muốn xoá sổ đối thủ trong trận chung kết. (The football team wants to wipe out their opponent in the final match.)

Variants and Related Words

• Xoá (v): to erase, to delete.

  • Cô ấy xoá dòng chữ trên bảng. (She erased the writing on the board.)

• Thanh toán (v): to settle, to pay off (often used in financial contexts, but less extreme than "xoá sổ").

  • Chúng tôi đã thanh toán toàn bộ khoản vay. (We have settled the entire loan.)

Synonyms

• Eradicate: to destroy completely.
• Obliterate: to remove all traces of.
• Annihilate: to destroy utterly.
• Write off: to cancel a debt.

Related Idioms

• Xoá sổ khỏi bản đồ: to wipe off the map.
  • Trận chiến có nguy cơ xoá sổ thành phố khỏi bản đồ. (The battle risked wiping the city off the map.)