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whakangaro

1. (verb) (-mia,-tia) to destroy, exterminate, annihilate.

Ko hūpē, ko roimata hei whakamauru noa i te mamae e kai kino nei, ā, mā te wā rawa te rāwakiwaki e whakangaro (HM 4/2009:4). / Mucus and tears will ease the intense pain and eventually in time the depression will recede.

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2. (verb) (-mia) to hide, conceal, secrete, put out of sight.

Ka arahina e Tamaaio tāna ope ki te wāhi o runga i te pukepuke rarauhe e kitea mai ai i te pā, kātahi ka whakangaro iho ki roto i tētehi awa ka hoki mai nā roto i te nehenehe (NIT 1995:101). / Tamaaio led his party to a position on the bracken fern hill that was visible from the fort, then concealing themselves in a gully they returned by way of the forest.

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Synonyms: whakapeke


3. (verb) (-mia) to disappear.

Ka tīmata te whākanakana o ngā kanohi; titiro rawa atu ki te moana, e whakangaro atu ana ngā waka, ko te kapu kau o ngā hēra e kitea atu ana (JPS 1973:136). / He began to gaze about, and looking far out on the ocean he saw the canoes disappearing; only the curve of the sails could be seen.

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4. (noun) destruction, obliteration, ruin, annihilation, devastation.

Me tono ia ki ngā mema kia āta whakaaro rātou ki tēnei tikanga nui, arā te tiakanga o ngā ngāherehere, me ngā hē e tupu mai ana i runga i te mahi whakapau kau i aua ngāherehere; arā he raki i te whenua, he whakangaro i te ua. He tini noa ngā whakaaturanga mai o ngā wāhi katoa o te ao e kitea ai ko ngā mate e tupu ana i runga i te mahi whakapau ngāherehere he whakakino rangi, he whakaputa waipuke, he whakangaro i ngā ara wai tawhito, he tahi he kahaki i te oneone (TWMNT 28/7/1874:183). / He must ask the members to think carefully about this important issue, that is the preservation of the forests, and to the injurious effects of destroying them; the drying out of the land, which destroys the rainfall. There is much evidence from all over the world to show that the effects of the removal of forests is detrimental to the climate, causing floods, the destruction of original waterways, and washing away the soil.

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Synonyms: whakapōhara, tinei, orotā, whakangaromanga

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