Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
extermination; elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression; subjugation; getting rid of; stamping out; wiping out; rooting out
彼はありを退治しようと思った。He tried to get rid of the ants. renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings)
Buddhism
curing (an illness)
Also written 対治【たいじ】