Vocabulary on 25th August 2025 (Words: 1. POUND; 2. RAZE; 3. TAKE OVER; 4. DEVASTATED; 5. EXPONENTIALLY; 6. STARVATION)

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Word Meanings:

1. POUND= প্রচণ্ড আঘাত করা, বোমাবর্ষণ করা, জোরে প্রহার করা; hit hard, strike, bombard, batter, smash, thrash, assault, beat, hammer, attack

2. RAZE= মাটির সাথে মিশিয়ে ফেলা, ধ্বংস করা, ভেঙে ফেলা; demolish, destroy, tear down, flatten, level, wreck, annihilate, obliterate, dismantle

3. TAKE OVER= দখল নেওয়া, নিয়ন্ত্রণ গ্রহণ করা, কর্তৃত্ব করা; seize, capture, occupy, conquer, gain control, assume, dominate, annex, usurp

4. DEVASTATED= ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত, বিপর্যস্ত, বিধ্বস্ত; (v) destroy, ruin, wreck, shatter, demolish, ravage, obliterate, lay waste, desolate

5. EXPONENTIALLY= ক্রমবর্ধমান হারে, গুণোত্তরভাবে দ্রুত বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া; increasingly, rapidly, dramatically, at an accelerating rate, progressively, geometrically

6. STARVATION= অনাহার, ক্ষুধামৃত্যু, খাদ্যের অভাবে মৃত্যু; hunger, famine, deprivation, malnutrition, destitution, famishment, inanition

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Sentences:

Israeli aircraft and tanks have “POUNDED” the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City, destroying buildings and homes, as Israeli leaders vowed to press on with an expanded large-scale offensive on the city.

On Friday, Katz said that Gaza City would be “RAZED” unless Hamas freedom fighter agreed to end the war on Israel’s terms.

Hamas said in a statement on Sunday that Israel’s plan to “TAKE OVER” Gaza City showed it was not serious about a ceasefire.

UN-backed experts declared on Friday that an “entirely man-made” famine is taking place in Gaza’s largest city and its surrounding area amid deteriorating conditions that threaten increasing deaths across the “DEVASTATED” territory.

If a ceasefire is not implemented to allow humanitarian aid to reach everyone in the Gaza Strip, and if essential food supplies and basic health, nutrition and [sanitation and water] services are not restored immediately, avoidable deaths will increase “EXPONENTIALLY”.

On Sunday, the Gaza health ministry said eight more people had died of malnutrition and “STARVATION”, raising deaths from such causes to 289 people, including 115 children, since the war started.