掃討する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 掃討する | 掃討しない |
| Polite | 掃討します | 掃討しません |
| Past polite | 掃討しました | 掃討しませんでした |
| Past | 掃討した | 掃討しなかった |
| Te-form | 掃討して | 掃討しないで |
| Desire | 掃討したい | 掃討したくない |
| Potential | 掃討できる | 掃討できない |
| Passive | 掃討される | 掃討されない |
| Causative | 掃討させる | 掃討させない |
| Causative passive | 掃討させられる | 掃討させられない |
| Volitional | 掃討しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 掃討しましょう | |
| Imperative | 掃討しろ | 掃討するな |
| Conditional | 掃討すれば | 掃討しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 掃討したら | 掃討しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
mopping up; cleaning out; sweeping operation
Primarily used in military or police contexts for eliminating remaining enemy forces or criminal elements. Often appears in news reports.
The military is continuing mopping-up operations against remaining forces.
The police launched a sweep to clean out the gang.
The security forces mopped up the remaining rebels.
The military carried out a mopping-up operation against guerrillas in the mountains.
掃除 shares the kanji 掃 and means ordinary cleaning of rooms or objects, while 掃討 uses the same character to mean militarily eliminating hostile remnants.
mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
Rarely used kanji form; 盪 is a variant of 蕩.
Rarely used kanji form; 剿 means 'to destroy' or 'to annihilate'.