xoá sổ
Definition
- 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.)