دمر

From the root د م ر‎ (d-m-r).

دَمَّرَ • (dammara) II, non-past يُدَمِّرُ‎‎ (yudammiru)

1. to destroy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:أفنى

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 46:24-25:

     ‏فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا هٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُمْطِرُنَا بَلْ هُوَ مَا ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم بِهِ رِيحٌ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
     تُدَمِّرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا لَا يُرَى إِلَّا مَسَاكِنُهُمْ كَذٰلِكَ نَجْزِي الْقَوْمَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ‎

     fa-lammā raʾawhu ʿāriḍan mustaqbila ʾawdiyatihim qālū hāḏā ʿāriḍun mumṭirunā bal huwa mā staʿjaltum bihi rīḥun fīhā ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun
     tudammiru kulla šayʾin bi-ʾamri rabbihā fa-ʾaṣbaḥū lā yurā ʾillā masākinuhum kaḏālika najzī l-qawma l-mujrimīna

     And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,
     destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen except their dwellings. Thus do We recompense the criminal people.

From Arabic دَمَّرَ‎ (dammara).

• IPA^(key): /dam.mar/, [ˈdam.mar]

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دمّر • (dammar) (form II, present بدمّر‎ (bidammer))

1. to destroy

   Synonym: خرّب‎ (ḵarrab)