| blast | ~ off, (of space vehicle) dilancarkan; ~ st off, remove st by explosion, meletupkan sst hingga musnah, memusnahkan sst; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| unawares | /catch, take/ so. ~, [approp v ] sebelum sso bersedia: the question took the speaker ~, soalan itu dikemukakan sebelum penceramah itu bersedia; the attack caught them ~, serangan itu dilancarkan sebelum mereka bersedia. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| launch 1 | vt melancarkan: the President’s wife ~ed the new liner, isteri Presiden telah melancarkan kapal baru itu; they ~ed the attack at dawn, mereka melancarkan serangan pd waktu dinihari; the novel was ~ed with a luncheon, novel itu dilancarkan berserta dgn majlis makan tengah hari; the rocket was ~ed from Cape Kennedy, roket itu dilancarkan dr Cape Kennedy; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| launch 1 | vt melancarkan: the President’s wife ~ed the new liner, isteri Presiden telah melancarkan kapal baru itu; they ~ed the attack at dawn, mereka melancarkan serangan pd waktu dinihari; the novel was ~ed with a luncheon, novel itu dilancarkan berserta dgn majlis makan tengah hari; the rocket was ~ed from Cape Kennedy, roket itu dilancarkan dr Cape Kennedy; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| storm | 2. heavy discharge of bullets, missiles, etc, hujan: the attackers were met by a ~ of arrows fired from the fort, penyerang-penyerang itu disambut dgn hujan anak panah yg dilancarkan dr kubu itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| prelude | n 1. preceding event, occurrence, etc, permulaan: the artillery barrage, that was a ~ to the attack, tembakan bertubi-tubi pasukan meriam yg merupakan permulaan kpd serangan yg akan dilancarkan; the widespread fighting in the streets is a ~ to more serious trouble, pergaduhan yg berleluasa di jalan raya merupakan permulaan pergaduhan yg lebih besar; 2. (mus) pendahuluan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| bang1 | get a ~ on the head, (of person) /kena pukul, kena hentam, dipukul, dihentam/ di kepalanya; (accidentally) kepala (sso) terhantuk; go off with a ~, a. meletup (dgn bunyi yg kuat), berdentum; b. (fig.) dilancarkan dgn jayanya; with a ~, a. with a loud noise, berdentum, berdentam, berdegum, berdegam: to shut with a ~, tertutup berdentum; b. successfully, impressively, dgn /cemerlang, jayanya/: to start off with a ~, bermula dgn cemerlang; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| press 1 | ~ home, a. (charges, arguments, etc) menekankan: he repeated the statement in order to ~ home the point, diulanginya kenyataan itu utk menekankan perkara itu; b. (assault etc) melancarkan secara besar-besaran: the attack was ~ed home despite heavy loss of lives, serangan itu telah dilancarkan secara besar-besaran walaupun ramai yg terkorban; ~ home/ an, o’s/ advantage, memanfaatkan kesempatan: when Kuwait began to rebuild its devastated city, many industrialised nations tried to ~ home their advantage, sewaktu Kuwait hendak membina semula bandar rayanya yg musnah, banyak negara industri mencuba memanfaatkan kesempatan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| afloat | b. (fig.) menyelamatkan sst: the millions required to keep the bank ~, wang berjuta-juta yg diperlukan utk menyelamatkan bank itu ; /remain, stay/ ~, tetap terapung: the ship remained ~ in spite of the gaping hole in her side, kapal itu tetap terapung meskipun terdapat lubang besar di bahagian tepinya; set st ~, a. cause st to float in water, mengapungkan sst: he set his toy boat ~ on the pond, dia mengapungkan bot mainannya di kolam itu; b. launch st, melancarkan sst: the scheme was set ~ last week, skim itu dilancarkan minggu lalu | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |