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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

掃討する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

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.

〈物もの〉を掃そう討とうするto mop up / clear out 〈物〉 (e.g. remaining enemy forces)
治ち安あん部ぶ隊たいは残のこった反はん乱らん軍ぐんを掃そう討とうした。
The security forces mopped up the remaining rebels.
掃そう討とう作さく戦せんを行おこなうto carry out a mopping-up operation
軍ぐんは山さん中ちゅうでゲリラの掃そう討とう作さく戦せんを行おこなった。
The military carried out a mopping-up operation against guerrillas in the mountains.

一いっ掃そう
一掃 means to sweep away something broadly (corruption, doubts, evils), while 掃討 refers specifically to the physical elimination of remaining enemy or criminal forces.
殲せん滅めつ
殲滅 means to annihilate or wipe out completely, whereas 掃討 focuses on hunting down and clearing out scattered remnants rather than total destruction.
討とう伐ばつ
討伐 refers to a campaign to subjugate or punish rebels/bandits, while 掃討 is the narrower act of clearing out remaining scattered hostile elements.

掃そう除じN5
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.

掃そう討とうUsage91%
Standard kanji form; used in news and military contexts.
掃そう蕩とうUsage9%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 蕩 means 'to wash away' or 'to clear out'.
掃そうとうUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not used in standard writing.
掃そう盪とう
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 盪 is a variant of 蕩.
剿そう討とう
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 剿 means 'to destroy' or 'to annihilate'.

Compound of 掃 (sweep, clean) and 討 (attack, defeat). The combination conveys the idea of sweeping away and subduing enemies.