Definitions for "Search and Destroy"
the main tactic used by American and Australian forces in Vietnam which sought to find Vietcong in villages and then set the village on fire.
an operation in which Americans searched an area and destroyed anything which the enemy might find useful
Search and destroy was a U.S. military tactic in South Vietnam, using small detachments to locate enemy units and then massive air, artillery, and ground forces to destroy them.