to encircle and subdue (an armed group or insurgents); (fig.) to gang up on; to attack or criticize collectively

to send armed forces to suppress bandits

to suppress or eliminate remnants of an enemy, insurgent, or criminal group; a clean-up or mop-up operation

to eliminate by armed force

to track down and destroy a fleeing enemy, remnant force, or group of insurgents

to surround and annihilate (bandits)

Communist counter-attack against the Kuomintang's encirclement and annihilation campaigns

to mount a punitive expedition against bandits

to plagiarize