WordNet
search and destroy mission
n. an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam; troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them
Usage examples of "search and destroy mission".
She was then sent into the Yellow Sea to perform a search and destroy mission where her orders simply stated that she should track and engage targets of opportunity, concentrating on any vessels carrying the supercavitating weapons system.
I learned not to like woolamanders pretty early on, and found myself cheer-ing silently for the prowling stintarils stalking through the trees like an army on a search and destroy mission.