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诛除

zhū chú

2-character word Traditional 誅除

What 诛除 means

1. to wipe out
2. to exterminate

The characters in 诛除

• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish
• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude

Sounds the same

Read zhū chú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诛锄to uproot; to eradicate (traitors)

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