铲除

Traditional form:

剷除

Pinyin (reading):

chǎnchú

Definitions:

• to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish

Characters:

• 铲 - spade, shovel; trowel, scoop
• 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out

Traditional characters:

• 剷 - to raze, to pare, to level off
• 除 - to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out