Vocabulary
Spike
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
To penetrate or hold something with a pointed object
Urdu meaning
تیز نوک دار چیز چبھونا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The stagnating exports meant that the trade deficit would spike to $6bn in the same period.
- Heightened militant activity from across the border, a spike in terrorist attacks and rising casualties among security personnel then compelled Pakistan to launch kinetic strikes targeting TTP figures and hideouts in Afghanistan.
- When such rain bombs coincide with glacier-melt season, the impact multiplies: river flows spike suddenly, flash flood risks surge and downstream communities face devastation.
- Exchange companies report a spike in demand for illegal transfers out of Pakistan, driven in part by businesses relocating to Dubai.
- This revision, based on revised threshold, does not take into account the fallouts from the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2022 floods, and recent years` phenomenal spike in cost of living, that may have pushed more people into poverty.
Synonyms
harpoon, transfix
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