تجتاح حياة الجنس البشري

English translation: devastates human lives

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Arabic term or phrase:تجتاح حياة الجنس البشري
English translation:devastates human lives
Entered by: Mona Helal

11:16 Feb 17, 2010
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Other / article about road accidents
Arabic term or phrase: تجتاح حياة الجنس البشري
"والواقع أن حوادث الطرق تأتي في المرتبة الثالثة التي تجتاح حياة الجنس البشري."

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Mona Helal
Local time: 03:31
devastates human lives
Explanation:
I think "devastate" is quite suitable in this context.

Of course, you can also say humankind instead of human.

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Summary of answers provided
5Killer
Saleh Dardeer
5Sweeping the life of mankind
Ghada Samir
5devastates human lives
baligh
4major cause of death
Nadia Ayoub
3invade life of mankind
hassan zekry


  

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Killer


Explanation:
killer of human beings or anything like that

See this link
http://www.google.com.eg/search?hl=ar&rlz=1T4TSHB_en___EG334...

Saleh Dardeer
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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invade life of mankind


Explanation:
which invade the life of manking
invade = attack , wage ware, encroach

hassan zekry
Local time: 19:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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major cause of death


Explanation:
http://www.google.com.eg/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&...
Traffic accidents are the third major cause of death.

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 19:31
Native speaker of: Arabic
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Sweeping the life of mankind


Explanation:
Pls. check:

Search Results
2012 - Sweeping away Mankind and the Box Office :: BalkanInsight.com
Life and Style |. 2012 - Sweeping away Mankind and the Box Office ... Expect gigantic tsunamis sweeping over Himalayas, washing away Buddhist Lamas. ...
www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/life_and_style/23943/ - Cached -


Sect vows to stop "evil tide sweeping mankind to catastrophe"
Sect vows to stop "evil tide sweeping mankind to catastrophe" ... which holds that people's good and bad deeds determine their fate in the next life. ...
www.rickross.com/reference/fa_lun_gong/falun12.html - Cached -





Ghada Samir
Egypt
Local time: 19:31
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devastates human lives


Explanation:
I think "devastate" is quite suitable in this context.

Of course, you can also say humankind instead of human.

Good luck

baligh
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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