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UK
/slˈæm/
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[ US /ˈsɫæm/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫæm/ ]
NOUN
- the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
- a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
- winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge
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an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
she threw shafts of sarcasm
she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
his parting shot was `drop dead'
VERB
-
strike violently
slam the ball - dance the slam dance
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throw violently
He slammed the book on the table -
close violently
He slammed the door shut
How To Use slam In A Sentence
- Reut said there is a "coalescence" between "two parallel processes" - the so-called delegitimization forces, like NGOs and leftist organizations, and the militant Islamist efforts led by such groups as Hamas and Hezbollah. Window Into Palestine
- A window slammed shut in the wind.
- From there the year had its high points - two Masters Series titles in Miami and Rome helped with that - but the Grand Slam events continued to pose a problem.
- The first rutted section of the road jolted the vehicle airborne, slamming my head against the roof.
- As Locke and Jean stumbled to their feet, the door on the wall opposite the window slammed open, and in stepped a broad-shouldered man with the slablike muscles of a stevedore or a smith. Archive 2008-07-01
- Chuck Greenberg, CEO of the Texas Rangers, slammed New York Yankees fans for their actio ns during the American League Championship Series in an interview on ... Chuck Greenberg, Texas Rangers CEO, Blasts Yankees Fans On Radio
- The Ahmadiyah were explicitly "warned and ordered" that "as long as they consider themselves to hold to Islam, to discontinue the promulgation of interpretations and activities that are deviant from the principal teachings of Islam, that is to say the promulgation of beliefs that recognize a prophet with all his teachings who comes after the Prophet Muhammad SAW. The Heritage Foundation Papers
- Her conversion to Buddhism/Islam was a very gradual process.
- Tribal traditions and a male-dominated reading of Islam have produced a deeply rooted ideology of women as temptresses, who must be kept under control to avoid "fitna" or social strife, thereby safeguarding the "peace of Islam. Ida Lichter, M.D.: Afghan Women's Movements Deserve More From the West
- Just as the new convert to Islam sees the work of God in all things, the Marxist neophyte is tempted to understand all human activity through the lens of the base/superstructure model.
