👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES -1 --> 16 APRIL👀

💥Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial - War for war: On U.S. strikes on Syria 💥

• escalate (verb) – intensify, heighten, make serious.

Hindu Editorial usage :  With missile strikes, the United States has irresponsibly escalated the Syrian conflict.

• make good (phrase) – succeed, be successful, do well.

Hindu Editorial usage : By launching a missile attack on Syria, U.S. President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to use force if chemical weapons are used in the civil war-stricken country

• devastating (adjective)-  shocking, traumatic, distressing

Hindu Editorial usage : he has also escalated the devastating, multi-sided conflict.

• cruise missile (noun) –  it is a guided missile that flies with constant speed to deliver a warhead at specified target over long distance with high accuracy.

Hindu Editorial usage : U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at an airbase of President Bashar al-Assad.

• join hands (phrase) – work together.

Hindu Editorial usage : the U.K. and France joined hands with the U.S. to punish Mr. Assad’s regime. 

• airbase (noun) – a base/place used by a military force for the operation of military aircraft.

Hindu Editorial usage : U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at an airbase of President Bashar al-Assad.

• gut (verb) – destroy, demolish, wipe out.

Hindu Editorial usage : Syria’s chemical weapons programme has been gutted

• undertake (verb) – begin, start, engage in.

Hindu Editorial usage : The U.S. undertook the strike before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 

• ascertain (verb) – confirm, verify, discover/find out.

Hindu Editorial usage : investigation in Douma to ascertain if chemical weapons had in fact been used.

• watchdog (noun) – inspector, observer, ombudsman.

Hindu Editorial usage :  It should have waited till the inter-governmental watchdog completed its investigation and then presented the case for action in the UN Security Council with requisite evidence

• requisite (adjective) – necessary, required, essential. 

Hindu Editorial usage :It should have waited till the inter-governmental watchdog completed its investigation and then presented the case for action in the UN Security Council with requisite evidence

• flout (verb) – defy, disobey, ignore.

Hindu Editorial usage :By acting merely on the basis of inputs from their intelligence agencies, the U.S.-led alliance flouted international law.

• bravado (noun) – boldness, bold manner, bombast/daredevil.

Hindu Editorial usage : It is also doubtful if Mr. Trump’s “mission accomplished” bravado is justified

• provocation (noun) – prompting, inducement, incitement.

Hindu Editorial usage :The fact that a provocation was perceived for a second strike within a year suggests that the first one failed to deter the Assad regime.

• deter (verb) – stop, prevent, halt/obstruct.

Hindu Editorial usage : The fact that a provocation was perceived for a second strike within a year suggests that the first one failed to deter the Assad regime.

• drag into (verb) –  involve in a matter unnecessarily.

Hindu Editorial usage : On the other hand, Mr. Trump has dragged the U.S. deeper into the Syrian civil war. 

• confrontation (noun) – conflict, battle, face-off.

Hindu Editorial usage :Worryingly, every time the U.S. bombs Syria, the chances of a military confrontation in the country between the U.S. and Russia heightens,

• preside (over) (verb) – be in charge of, be responsible for, control, oversee.

Hindu Editorial usage : There is no dispute that Mr. Assad is presiding over a monstrous military machine that has used brute force against his own people.

• monstrous (adjective) –  terrible, horrible, dreadful.

Hindu Editorial usage : There is no dispute that Mr. Assad is presiding over a monstrous military machine that has used brute force against his own people.

• brute (adjective) – physical/bodily, crude, violent.

Hindu Editorial usage : There is no dispute that Mr. Assad is presiding over a monstrous military machine that has used brute force against his own people.

• diplomacy (noun) – statesmanship; negotiations/discussions, international relations.

Hindu Editorial usage : The focus of the West needs to shift from unilateral military action to aggressive multilateral diplomacy to find an immediate end to violence and then a long-lasting political solution.

• mandate (noun) – order, directive, instruction.

Hindu Editorial usage : For that, the U.S. and Russia have to work together under a UN mandate.

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