= mopping-up, n. Frequently attributive.
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释义 | society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > complete ridding of resistance (4) mop-up1900 = mopping-up, n. Frequently attributive. mopping-up1909 The action or an act of mopping up (in various senses); (Military) the action of completing the occupation of an area by capturing or killing any… cleaning-up1916 to clean up (see also sense 3a). Various colloquial and slang uses (chiefly U.S.). transitive. To clear (a place, etc.) of harmful or immoral… clean-up1930 An act of removing or stamping out harmful or immoral influences or elements; also, a cleaning out of remaining pockets of (enemy) resistance. Cf… |
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