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دَمَّر
to destroy /ˈdam.ma.ra/
verbA2#1203 most common
Also: to demolish, to devastate, to annihilate
Example sentences
دَمَّرَ الطِّفْلُ اللُّعْبَةَ.
The child destroyed the toy.
دَمَّرَ الزِّلْزَالُ المَدينَةَ القَديمَةَ.
The earthquake destroyed the old city.
سَيُدَمِّرُ الإِعْصَارُ البُيوتَ القَريبَةَ مِنَ البَحرِ.
The hurricane will destroy the houses near the sea.
دَمَّرَ الجُنودُ الجِسرَ لِيُعيقوا تَقَدُّمَ العَدُوِّ.
The soldiers destroyed the bridge to slow the enemy's advance.
إِذا واصَلنا استِنزافَ المَوارِدِ الطَّبيعيَّةِ، فَسَنُدَمِّرُ التَّوازُنَ البيئيَّ بِالكامِلِ.
If we keep depleting natural resources, we will destroy the ecological balance completely.
دَمَّرَتِ السِّياساتُ الاقتِصاديَّةُ المُتَهَوِّرَةُ ثِقَةَ المُستَثمِرينَ وَقَوَّضَت دِعاماتِ السّوقِ المَحَلِّيَّةِ.
Reckless economic policies destroyed investors' confidence and undermined the pillars of the local market.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُدَمِّرُ | دَمَّرْتُ | سَأُدَمِّرُ |
| 2sg | تُدَمِّرُ | دَمَّرْتَ | سَتُدَمِّرُ |
| 3sg | يُدَمِّرُ | دَمَّرَ | سَيُدَمِّرُ |
| 1pl | نُدَمِّرُ | دَمَّرْنا | سَنُدَمِّرُ |
| 2pl | تُدَمِّرونَ | دَمَّرْتُم | سَتُدَمِّرونَ |
| 3pl | يُدَمِّرونَ | دَمَّروا | سَيُدَمِّرونَ |
Word family
دَمَارdestruction, ruin
تَدْمِيرdestruction, demolition (verbal noun)مُدَمِّرdestroyer, including a naval destroyer
مُدَمَّرdestroyed, wrecked
Etymology
دَمَّر is the Form II verb of the Semitic root د-م-ر, which carries the idea of ruin and perishing. The doubled middle consonant marks the intensive, causative pattern. Where the Form I verb دَمَرَ means to perish, Form II means to make something perish, that is, to destroy it. The related noun دَمَار means destruction or ruin.
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