tiêu diệt

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 消滅 (“to destroy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəw˧˧ ziət̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiw˧˧ jiək̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiw˧˧ jiək̚˨˩˨]

Verb

tiêu diệt

  1. to kill, to apply genocide, to destroy
  2. to eliminate (as for crime, rats, etc.)

Synonyms

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