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حَطَّم
to smash /ˈħatˤtˤama/
verbB1#2247 most common
Also: to shatter, to destroy, to break to pieces
Example sentences
حَطَّمَ الوَلَدُ اللُّعْبَةَ.
The boy smashed the toy.
حَطَّمْتُ الكَأْسَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.
I smashed the glass on the floor.
حَطَّمَ العَدَّاءُ الرَّقْمَ القِيَاسِيَّ العَالَمِيَّ.
The runner broke the world record.
حَطَّمَتِ الأَزْمَةُ الاقْتِصَادِيَّةُ آمَالَ الشَّبَابِ.
The economic crisis shattered the hopes of the young.
لَقَدْ حَطَّمَ فَوْزُهُ المُفَاجِئُ كُلَّ التَّوَقُّعَاتِ السَّابِقَةِ.
His surprise win shattered all the earlier predictions.
إِنَّ مَنْ يُحَطِّمُ الحَوَاجِزَ النَّفْسِيَّةَ يَبْلُغُ مَا عَجَزَ عَنْهُ غَيْرُهُ.
Whoever breaks the psychological barriers reaches what others could not.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُحَطِّمُ | حَطَّمْتُ | سَأُحَطِّمُ |
| 2sg | تُحَطِّمُ | حَطَّمْتَ | سَتُحَطِّمُ |
| 3sg | يُحَطِّمُ | حَطَّمَ | سَيُحَطِّمُ |
| 1pl | نُحَطِّمُ | حَطَّمْنَا | سَنُحَطِّمُ |
| 2pl | تُحَطِّمُونَ | حَطَّمْتُمْ | سَتُحَطِّمُونَ |
| 3pl | يُحَطِّمُونَ | حَطَّمُوا | سَيُحَطِّمُونَ |
Word family
حَطَمَto break
تَحْطِيمsmashing, destructionحُطَامdebris, wreckage
مُحَطَّمsmashed, wrecked
تَحَطَّمَto be smashed, to shatter
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triliteral root ح-ط-م, which carries the sense of breaking and crushing. The simple form حَطَمَ means to break, while this doubled form intensifies it to smashing and reducing to fragments. The related noun حُطَام names the debris left behind.
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