👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 2-> 12 MAY👀

💥Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial - Loss of Innocents 💥

lynching (noun) – an act of punishing/killing someone by hanging for claimed offence by the group of people without legal trail.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Loss of innocents: on the wave of lynchings in Tamil Nadu 

underlying (adjective) – fundamental, basic, essential.
Hindu Editorial usage :  It is important to analyse such incidents to understand the underlying anxieties and the drift of trouble-making attempts

drift (noun) – essence, meaning, significance.
Hindu Editorial usage :  It is important to analyse such incidents to understand the underlying anxieties and the drift of trouble-making attempts

brutality (noun) – cruelty, savagery, inhumanity/atrocity.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Three recent incidents of lynching in Tamil Nadu, unrelated except for the mindless violence and brutality, are grim reminders of the power a mob can wield

grim (adjective) – very serious, stern, threatening.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Three recent incidents of lynching in Tamil Nadu, unrelated except for the mindless violence and brutality, are grim reminders of the power a mob can wield

mob (noun) – crowd, a group of people.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Three recent incidents of lynching in Tamil Nadu, unrelated except for the mindless violence and brutality, are grim reminders of the power a mob can wield

wield (verb) – hold, be possessed of, exercise/exert.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Three recent incidents of lynching in Tamil Nadu, unrelated except for the mindless violence and brutality, are grim reminders of the power a mob can wield

lure (verb) – attract, coax, persuade/tempt.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Locals say they mistook this as the action of kidnappers trying to lure children, and chased the car the group was travelling in to thrash them.

dispense (verb) – distribute, pass round, share out.
Hindu Editorial usage :   one that signals that those who dispense such ‘instant justice’ will be severely punished.

trigger (noun) – an event or situation that causes something to happen.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The police say the trigger for the lynchings could be a rash of xenophobic messages circulating on WhatsApp warning that “north Indians” are looking to kidnap children in Tamil Nadu.

rash (noun) – series, succession, outbreak (of certain things happened in a short period of time).
Hindu Editorial usage :  The police say the trigger for the lynchings could be a rash of xenophobic messages circulating on WhatsApp warning that “north Indians” are looking to kidnap children in Tamil Nadu.

xenophobic (adjective) – prejudiced, intolerant, bigoted/biased.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The police say the trigger for the lynchings could be a rash of xenophobic messages circulating on WhatsApp warning that “north Indians” are looking to kidnap children in Tamil Nadu.

invoke (verb) – cite, refer to, adduce; bring forth.
Hindu Editorial usage :  They subsequently issued warnings that strict action would be taken against those who forward such messages, including by invoking the Goondas Act. At least one rumour-monger has been arrested

rumour-monger (noun) – a person who spreads rumour.
Hindu Editorial usage :  They subsequently issued warnings that strict action would be taken against those who forward such messages, including by invoking the Goondas Act. At least one rumour-monger has been arrested

dissemination (noun) – spreading, circulation, distribution.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The social media, by its very nature, enables the unchallenged dissemination of unverified information,

fear-mongering (noun) – an act of spreading public fear intentionally on a particular topic/problem.
Hindu Editorial usage :  While fear-mongering is typically undertaken on social media,

foster (verb) – encourage, promote, stimulate.
Hindu Editorial usage :   the counter-information campaign needs to be publicly broadcast and confidence fostered at the level of the police station so that residents feel free to approach the authorities to verify the messages or seek protection. 


amorphous (adjective) – shapeless, formless, structureless.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Mobs are amorphous units that confer anonymity on perpetrators, emboldening them, on the spur of the moment, to collectively commit vile acts without a sense of individual guilt

anonymity (noun) – a condition of being unknown; no description; impersonality.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Mobs are amorphous units that confer anonymity on perpetrators, emboldening them, on the spur of the moment, to collectively commit vile acts without a sense of individual guilt

perpetrator (noun) – someone who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Mobs are amorphous units that confer anonymity on perpetrators, emboldening them, on the spur of the moment, to collectively commit vile acts without a sense of individual guilt

embolden (verb) – give courage, strengthen, encourage/motivate.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Mobs are amorphous units that confer anonymity on perpetrators, emboldening them, on the spur of the moment, to collectively commit vile acts without a sense of individual guilt

spur (noun) – motivation, encouragement, stimulation.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Mobs are amorphous units that confer anonymity on perpetrators, emboldening them, on the spur of the moment, to collectively commit vile acts without a sense of individual guilt 

vile (adjective) – wicked, bad, heinous.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Mobs are amorphous units that confer anonymity on perpetrators, emboldening them, on the spur of the moment, to collectively commit vile acts without a sense of individual guilt

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