cripple & bombard

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“The revolution in 1966 was to cripple the government.This is why Mao taught the Red Guards the slogan ‘bombard the headquarters’ ”

Cripple(v.)
Cambridge: to cause serious damage to someone or something, making them weak and ineffective
Sentence from me: To cripple the terrorists successfully, US sent lots of troops to Iraq and fought against the terrorists.

bombard(v.)
In physics, we often use this word as “make a head-collision with another object”
Cambridge: to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs

Sentence from me: The pan-democrat bombards and criticizes the speech of Donald Tsang last Friday, telling that under the extreme situation, the democracy will finally become “culture revolution”.

lingering

“When President Hu Jintao made a surprise visit to Guangdong at the height of the Sars outbreak in April 2003, few expected the trip would have a lingering impact on national politics.”

linger(v.)
Meaning: to take a long time to leave or disappear
Sentence: Weather Forcasts expected that the hazy and sunny weather will linger for few more days.

infuriate

“The operation infuriated the residents, who rallied together the following day and attacked the checkpoint and the police station”, the centre said.

infuriate(v.)
Cambridge:to make someone extremely angry
e.g. The nuclear operation in North Korea infuriated USA, urging to stop manufacturing nuclear weapons from the natural uranium.
[synonym: annoy, irradiate]