英语词汇“search and destroy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. search and destroy.Also hyphenated, esp. in Phrases 3a(b), Phrases 3a(c).

(a) As a verb phrase: to seek out and destroy, eradicate, or neutralize (an enemy or something hostile, harmful, or unwanted). Frequently with reference to American military strategy during the Vietnam War (see Phrases 3a(b)).Used in both transitive and intransitive constructions.

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1941 Daily Mail (Hull) 9 Jan. 5/3 [He] displayed determination and outstanding eagerness to search and destroy enemy night bombers at the closest range.

1975 H. J. Salemson tr. J. Bergier Secret Armies xxi. 191 A weapon specially adapted to searching and destroying trucks on the tortuous jungle roads.

1990 J. Salamone in M. Brennan Hunter-Killer Squadron (1992) iii. 19 As usual, our mission was to search and destroy.

2005 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 19 Sept. He was a man on a mission—to search and destroy breeding spots of dengue-carrying mosquitoes.

(b) As an adjectival phrase: designating a military operation in which forces are sent out into hostile territory to search out the enemy and inflict as many casualties or as much damage as possible before withdrawing; of or relating to such an operation. Also in extended use with reference to attempts to eradicate or neutralize anything hostile, harmful, or unwanted.This use apparently originates in the U.S. military's own descriptions of operations and strategy during the Vietnam War.

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [adjective] > other types of operation

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1964 Guardian 13 Aug. 9/3 An American military spokesman said about two battalions of troops were lifted into an area near Ben Cat on what was described as a ‘search and destroy’ mission.

1966 Economist 22 Oct. 369/3 This is a different use of men from the highly mobile ‘search and destroy’ operations in which the American forces have been engaged up to now.

2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 27 Jan. i. 11/2 Set it to update daily, so the latest search-and-destroy codes are downloaded from international laboratories as soon as they are created.

2012 R. Curley War at Sea & in Air vii. 167/1 Allied air forces also engaged in search-and-destroy missions against mobile launchers for Iraq's Scud missiles.

(c) As a noun phrase: a search and destroy mission or operation (see sense Phrases 3a(b)); (also) the action or strategy of undertaking missions or operations of this kind. Also in extended use.Chiefly with reference to American military strategy during the Vietnam War.

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1965 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 30 June 1/2 (caption) Map Locates D-Zone north of Saigon where U.S., Australian and South Vietnamese troops are pressing a seach-and-destroy against Viet Cong.

1966 Washington Post 22 Mar. a9/2 The object of ‘search and destroy’ was to ‘make the war so uncomfortable and unpleasant for the Vietcong’ that they will quit or negotiate.

1970 Rep. Rev. Preliminary Investig. My Lai Incident (U.S. Dept. Army) II. xx. (Michener) 53 After they made their run the rest of the company moved across the bridge, and we received orders to move out south of the bridge down a little peninsula and out on a search and destroy.

1991 N. Mailer Harlot's Ghost i. Omega vii. 57 I went along with a platoon on a search-and-destroy.

2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 21 Feb. a23/1 Even as..scientists race to develop ever more sophisticated methods of search-and-destroy..officials are discovering just how formidable the Asian longhorned beetle can be.

单词	search and destroy
释义	> as lemmas search and destroy a. search and destroy.Also hyphenated, esp. in Phrases 3a(b), Phrases 3a(c). (a) As a verb phrase: to seek out and destroy, eradicate, or neutralize (an enemy or something hostile, harmful, or unwanted). Frequently with reference to American military strategy during the Vietnam War (see Phrases 3a(b)).Used in both transitive and intransitive constructions. ΚΠ 1941 Daily Mail (Hull) 9 Jan. 5/3 [He] displayed determination and outstanding eagerness to search and destroy enemy night bombers at the closest range. 1975 H. J. Salemson tr. J. Bergier Secret Armies xxi. 191 A weapon specially adapted to searching and destroying trucks on the tortuous jungle roads. 1990 J. Salamone in M. Brennan Hunter-Killer Squadron (1992) iii. 19 As usual, our mission was to search and destroy. 2005 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 19 Sept. He was a man on a mission—to search and destroy breeding spots of dengue-carrying mosquitoes. (b) As an adjectival phrase: designating a military operation in which forces are sent out into hostile territory to search out the enemy and inflict as many casualties or as much damage as possible before withdrawing; of or relating to such an operation. Also in extended use with reference to attempts to eradicate or neutralize anything hostile, harmful, or unwanted.This use apparently originates in the U.S. military's own descriptions of operations and strategy during the Vietnam War. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [adjective] > other types of operation strongc1300 air–land1915 suicide1923 air-to-ground1935 triphibious1941 amphibious1943 black?1945 air-to-surface1954 search and destroy1964 1964 Guardian 13 Aug. 9/3 An American military spokesman said about two battalions of troops were lifted into an area near Ben Cat on what was described as a ‘search and destroy’ mission. 1966 Economist 22 Oct. 369/3 This is a different use of men from the highly mobile ‘search and destroy’ operations in which the American forces have been engaged up to now. 2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 27 Jan. i. 11/2 Set it to update daily, so the latest search-and-destroy codes are downloaded from international laboratories as soon as they are created. 2012 R. Curley War at Sea & in Air vii. 167/1 Allied air forces also engaged in search-and-destroy missions against mobile launchers for Iraq's Scud missiles. (c) As a noun phrase: a search and destroy mission or operation (see sense Phrases 3a(b)); (also) the action or strategy of undertaking missions or operations of this kind. Also in extended use.Chiefly with reference to American military strategy during the Vietnam War. ΚΠ 1965 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 30 June 1/2 (caption) Map Locates D-Zone north of Saigon where U.S., Australian and South Vietnamese troops are pressing a seach-and-destroy against Viet Cong. 1966 Washington Post 22 Mar. a9/2 The object of ‘search and destroy’ was to ‘make the war so uncomfortable and unpleasant for the Vietcong’ that they will quit or negotiate. 1970 Rep. Rev. Preliminary Investig. My Lai Incident (U.S. Dept. Army) II. xx. (Michener) 53 After they made their run the rest of the company moved across the bridge, and we received orders to move out south of the bridge down a little peninsula and out on a search and destroy. 1991 N. Mailer Harlot's Ghost i. Omega vii. 57 I went along with a platoon on a search-and-destroy. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 21 Feb. a23/1 Even as..scientists race to develop ever more sophisticated methods of search-and-destroy..officials are discovering just how formidable the Asian longhorned beetle can be. extracted from searchv. < as lemmas
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