mopping-upgerund / present participle Used attributively before nouns, e.g. "mopping-up operations".
Traduzioni
de ratissageMilitaire ; se dit d’opérations destinées à éliminer les derniers foyers de résistance. The troops carried out mopping-up operations across the countryside.
Les troupes ont mené des opérations de ratissage dans la campagne.
Definizioni
Relating to actions taken to finish clearing or cleaning after the main phase of an operation. The troops carried out mopping-up operations across the countryside.