挖掉

wādiào
  1. to dig out
  2. to eradicate

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 挖 wā
  1. to dig
  2. to excavate
  3. to scoop out
2 掉 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

Related entries

疏挖 shūwā
  1. to dredge
  2. to dig out (a channel)
掘出 juéchū
  1. to exhume
  2. to unearth
  3. to dig out
剪除 jiǎnchú
  1. to eradicate
  2. to exterminate
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

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