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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

हमला

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hamla

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Attack/əˈtæk/
verbnounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"शहर युद्ध के दौरान हमले में था।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An aggressive and violent action against a person or place.

    "The city was under attack during the war."
As verb
  1. 1

    To take aggressive action against someone or something.

    "The soldiers were ordered to attack at dawn."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the 17th-century French word 'attaquer', which itself traces back to Vulgar Latin roots meaning 'to fasten or fix' through Italian variants. Over time, the semantic meaning shifted in military and general usage from attaching or fixing to launching an aggressive action against an opponent.

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