Blood in the Streets and Death in the Air: Residents Survey Damage in Syrian City

sectarian/sekˈteriən/

connected with the differences that exist between groups of people who have different religious views

• sectarian attacks/ violence

hunker down

trú ẩn, ở một vị trí nào đó để đạt được mục tiêu của

• The press have hunkered down for the night outside the palace, waiting for news of the royal birth.

loot(v)

loot (something) to steal things from shops or buildings after a riot, fire, etc.

• More than 20 shops were looted.

(Indian English) loot something (from somebody/something) to steal something (from somebody/something)

• A gang went through the train and looted money from passengers.

corpse(n)

xác chết

• The corpses were barely recognizable

retribution(n)

retribution (for something) severe punishment for something seriously wrong that somebody has done

• People are seeking retribution for the latest terrorist outrages.

clash(n)

clash (with somebody) | clash (between A and B) a short fight between two groups of people

• Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators.

ouster(n)

the act of removing somebody from a position of authority in order to put somebody else in their place; the fact of being removed in this way

• the president’s ouster by the military

integrate(v)

to combine two or more things so that they work together; to combine with something else in this way

• integrate into/with something These programs will integrate with your existing software.

deploy(v)

deploy somebody/something to move soldiers or weapons into a position where they are ready for military action

• 2 000 troops were deployed in the area.

deploy something (formal) to use something effectively

• to deploy arguments/resources

repel(v)

repel somebody/something (formal) to successfully fight somebody who is attacking you, your country, etc. and drive them away

• to repel an attack/invasion/invader

repel something to drive, push or keep something away

• a cream that repels insects

humiliation(n)

a feeling of being ashamed or stupid and having lost the respect of other people; the act of making somebody feel like this

• She suffered the humiliation of being criticized in public.

execution(n)

[uncountable, countable] the act of killing somebody, especially as a legal punishment

• He faced execution by hanging for murder.

• idioms: a stay of execution: ​(law) a delay in following the order of a court

• to grant a stay of execution

extrajudicial(adj)/ˌekstrədʒuˈdɪʃl/

happening outside the normal power of the law

• The killing was feared to be an extrajudicial execution carried out by the security forces.

arbitrary(adj)

(of an action, a decision, a rule, etc.) not seeming to be based on a reason, system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair

• The choice of players for the team seemed completely arbitrary.

using power without limits and without considering other people

• the arbitrary powers of officials