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تَدْمِير
destruction /tadˈmiːr/
nounA2#1338 most common
Also: demolition, devastation, annihilation
Example sentences
التَّدْمِيرُ سَيِّئٌ.
Destruction is bad.
شاهَدْنا تَدْمِيرَ المَبْنى القَدِيمِ.
We watched the destruction of the old building.
أَدّى الزِّلْزالُ إِلى تَدْمِيرِ عَدَدٍ كَبِيرٍ مِنَ المَنازِلِ.
The earthquake led to the destruction of a large number of homes.
تَسَبَّبَتِ الحَرْبُ في تَدْمِيرِ البُنْيَةِ التَّحْتِيَّةِ بِالكامِلِ.
The war caused the complete destruction of the infrastructure.
حَذَّرَ الخُبَراءُ مِن أَنَّ التَّلَوُّثَ يُؤَدِّي إِلى تَدْمِيرٍ بَطِيءٍ لِلنِّظامِ البِيئِيِّ.
Experts warned that pollution leads to a slow destruction of the ecosystem.
إِنَّ تَدْمِيرَ التُّراثِ الثَّقافِيِّ في زَمَنِ الحَرْبِ يُعَدُّ جَرِيمَةً لا تُغْتَفَرُ.
The destruction of cultural heritage in wartime is considered an unforgivable crime.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَدْمِيرٌ | تَدْمِيراتٌ |
| Genitive | تَدْمِيرٍ | تَدْمِيراتٍ |
| Accusative | تَدْمِيراً | تَدْمِيراتٍ |
| Vocative | تَدْمِيرُ | تَدْمِيراتُ |
Word family
دَمَّرَto destroy, demolish
دَمارruin, devastationمُdَمِّرdestroyer (warship); destructive force
تَدَمَّرَto be destroyed, fall to ruin
مُدَمَّرdestroyed, ruined
Etymology
تَدْمِير is the verbal noun of the Form II verb دَمَّرَ, 'to destroy.' Both come from the triliteral root د-م-ر, which carries the sense of ruin and perishing. The تَفْعِيل pattern turns the intensive verb into an abstract noun naming the act of destroying.
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