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What is the 日本語 equivalent of saying the semi-set-phrase(or whatever you call
set-phrases with parts you can fill in) "Wipe them off the map"?

Like when you say "North Korea knows that if they threaten the economy of
Japan, the USA wouldn't be above just wiping them off the map".
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What's the 日本語 equivalent of "Wipe them off the map"?
I suppose it depends on how you go around doing it.  
But a term that I fancy and seems to fit well in this situation would be

> [全滅]{ぜんめつ}させる
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There is an exact word for this in Japanese, "地図から消し去る" which is actually a
direct translation of "Wipe them off the map" but quite common.

> アメリカが本気になれば北朝鮮を地図から消し去るのに10日とかからないだろう。
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