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هُجُوم
attack /huˈdʒuːm/
nounA2#870 most common
Also: assault, offensive, offense (in sports)
Example sentences
بَدَأَ الهُجُوم.
The attack began.
كانَ الهُجُوم قَوِيّاً.
The attack was strong.
نَجَحَ الفَريقُ في الهُجُوم على المَرمى.
The team succeeded in the attack on the goal.
شَنَّ الجَيْشُ هُجوماً مُفاجِئاً عِنْدَ الفَجْر.
The army launched a surprise attack at dawn.
أَدانَتِ الحُكومَةُ الهُجومَ الإرهابِيَّ الذي اسْتَهْدَفَ المَدَنِيِّينَ.
The government condemned the terrorist attack that targeted civilians.
تَعَرَّضَ المُتَّهَمُ لِهُجومٍ إعلامِيٍّ شَرِسٍ قَبْلَ صُدورِ الحُكْمِ، ما أَثارَ تَساؤُلاتٍ حَوْلَ نَزاهَةِ المُحاكَمَة.
The defendant faced a fierce media attack before the verdict, which raised questions about the trial's fairness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هُجُومٌ | هَجَمَاتٌ |
| Genitive | هُجُومٍ | هَجَمَاتٍ |
| Accusative | هُجُوماً | هَجَمَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا هُجُومُ | يا هَجَمَاتُ |
Word family
هَجَمَto attack, charge at
مُهَاجِمattacker, forward (football)
هَجْمَةa single attack, raidمُهَاجَمَةan assault, attacking
Etymology
هُجُوم is the verbal noun of the verb هَجَمَ, which means to fall upon or to charge at. It comes from the Semitic triliteral root ه ج م. The word covers physical assaults, military offensives, and figurative attacks such as a media or verbal onslaught.
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