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استشاط غضبا (ḡaḍaban) to be or become fuming with rage, flare up, fly off the handle
Root: ش-ي-ط
Page: 581*
Example: “اِسْتَشاطَ غَضَباً عِنْدَما أَدْرَكَ أَنَّ زَوْجَتَهُ قَد خَدَعَتهُ”
Translation: “he was fuming with rage when he realised that his wife had deceived him”
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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