to destroy; to extirpate

to surround and annihilate (bandits)

to encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on; to attack or criticize collectively

to mount a punitive expedition against bandits

to suppress (insurgents); clean-up operation

to pursue and eliminate; to suppress

communist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign