剪除

jiǎnchú
  1. to eradicate
  2. to exterminate

CEDICT

to wipe out; to annihilate; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exterminate

Wiktionary

铲除、消灭。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 剪 jiǎn
  1. (bound form) scissors or similar tool
  2. to cut as with scissors
  3. (bound form) to wipe out; to exterminate
  4. to edit (video, audio etc)
2 除 chú
  1. to get rid of
  2. to remove
  3. to exclude
  4. to eliminate
  5. to wipe out
  6. to divide
  7. except
  8. not including

Related entries

揠 yà
  1. to eradicate
  2. to pull up
扑灭 pūmiè
  1. to eradicate
  2. to extinguish
消防队员把火扑灭了。

The fire fighters put out the fire.

Source: Tatoeba

根绝 gēnjué to eradicate
根除 gēnchú to eradicate
剪草除根 jiǎncǎochúgēn
  1. lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
  2. to eradicate
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