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包围起来剿灭：～残匪。

1. 包围起来加以讨伐、消灭。

   鲁迅 《南腔北调集·＜竖琴＞前记》：“但已经使又一部分人很不高兴了，就招来了两标军马的围剿。”

refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards; to encircle and annihilate