‫رحاب صالح محمد مرس‬
‫انتظام‬/‫الفرقه الرابعه‬
639 ‫رقم الجلوس‬
165‫رقم الحجز‬
Mini-dictionary (The war between Russia and Ukraine)
Assault /əˈsɔːlt/ noun [uncountable, countable] is the crime of attacking somebody physically.
Across /əˈkrɒs/ preposition from one side to the other side of something.
Armed /ɑːmd/adjective involving the use of weapons.
Affected /əˈfektɪd/ adjective changed or influenced by something.
Annex /ˈæneks/, /əˈneks/ verb annex something to take control of a country, region, etc., especially by
force. synonym occupy.
Battlefield /ˈbætlfiːld/ noun a place where a battle is being fought or has been fought.
Bombardment /bɒmˈbɑːdmənt/ noun an attack in which large guns are fired at a place or bombs are
dropped on it continuously.
Barrages /ˈbærɑːʒ/ noun [countable, usually singular] the continuous firing of a large number of guns in
a particular direction, especially to protect soldiers while they are attacking or moving towards the
enemy.
Conduct /kənˈdʌkt/ verb [transitive] conduct something (formal) to organize and/or do a particular
activity.
Capture /ˈkæptʃə(r)/ verb capture somebody/something to catch a person or an animal and keep them
as a prisoner or shut them in a space that they cannot escape from.
Catastrophic /ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk/ adj (of a natural event) causing many people to suffer.
Combative /ˈkɒmbətɪv/ adj ready and willing to fight or argue.
Deployment /dɪˈplɔɪmənt/ noun [uncountable, countable] the act of moving soldiers or weapons into a
position where they are ready for military action.
Dwindle /ˈdwɪndl/verb [intransitive] to become gradually less or smaller
Devastating /ˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ/adj causing a lot of damage and destroying things.
Deteriorate /dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt/ verb to become worse.
Declaration /ˌdekləˈreɪʃn/ noun [countable, uncountable] an official or formal statement, especially
about the plans of a government or an organization; the act of making such a statement.
Expansion /ɪkˈspænʃn/ noun [uncountable, countable] an act of increasing or making something
increase in size, amount of importance.
Escalate /ˈeskəleɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] to become greater, worse, more serious, etc.; to
make something greater, worse, more serious, etc.
Fight /faɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] to take part in a war or battle against an enemy.
Fixated /fɪkˈseɪtɪd/adj fixated (on somebody/something) always thinking and talking about
somebody/something in a way that is not reasonable.
Global /ˈɡləʊbl/adj covering or affecting the whole world.
Genesis /ˈdʒenəsɪs/noun the beginning or origin of something.
Humanitarian /hjuːˌmænɪˈteəriən/adj connected with helping people who are suffering and improving
the conditions that they are living in.
Halt /hɔːlt/verb [intransitive, transitive] to stop; to make somebody/something stop.
invasion /ɪnˈveɪʒn/noun [countable, uncountable] the act of an army entering another country by force
in order to take control of it.
Legally /ˈliːɡəli/adv in a way that is connected with the law.
Missile /ˈmɪsaɪl/noun a weapon that is sent through the air and that explodes when it hits the thing that
it is aimed at.
military /ˈmɪlətri/adj connected with soldiers or the armed forces.
nuclear /ˈnjuːkliə(r)/adj using, producing or resulting from nuclear energy.
potentially /pəˈtenʃəli/adv used to say that something may develop into something.
Prior /ˈpraɪə(r)/adj happening or existing before something else or before a particular time.
Pursue /pəˈsjuː/verb pursue something to do something or try to achieve something over a period of
time.
sustained /səˈsteɪnd/ adj continuing for a period of time without becoming less.
Tentatively /ˈtentətɪvli/adv in a way that is not definite or certain because you may want to change it
later.
ultimate /ˈʌltɪmət/adj happening at the end of a long process.
Wage /weɪdʒ/verb to begin and continue a war, a battle, etc.
wounded /ˈwuːndɪd/adj injured by a weapon, for example in a war.