sandbag
/ˈsændbæɡ/noun
उच्चारण सैन्ड्बैग
रेत की बोरी, बालू का बोरा
Core word
noun
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[C]
a bag filled with sand, used to build a wall as a protection against floods or explosions
रेत की बोरी, बालू का बोरा
- Villagers piled sandbags along the riverbank.
- Soldiers fired from behind a wall of sandbags.
- The soldiers stacked sandbags around the gate.
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- Hundreds of volunteers filled sandbags to stop the flood waters.
- The balloon rose after the crew dropped a sandbag overboard.
verb
- 1
[T] ~ sth
to put sandbags in or around something for protection
रेत की बोरियों से बचाव करना
- Shops were sandbagged against the rising water.
- Villagers sandbagged the river bank before the flood arrived.
- Volunteers sandbagged the entrance to the hospital.
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- They sandbagged the doors before the storm struck.
- The council sandbagged the lower street to protect the shops.
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[T] ~ sb informal
to attack or treat somebody unfairly, especially by surprising them
(किसी पर) अचानक अनुचित वार करना
- The minister felt he had been sandbagged by his own party.
- The reporter felt sandbagged by an unexpected question in the interview.
- The candidate claimed his rivals had sandbagged him at the debate.
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- He was sandbagged by a sudden change in the rules.
- Don't try to sandbag your teammates by hiding the problem.
Synonyms ambush