👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 2-> 8 MAY👀
💥Daily Word Bytes - 1 from editorial - A Violent Time💥
fury (noun) – violence, savagery, outrage.
Hindu Editorial usage : The Shopian fury shows a need for a political outreach to various sections in the Valley
outreach (noun) – the level of reaching out/activity/effort; involvement.
Hindu Editorial usage : The Shopian fury shows a need for a political outreach to various sections in the Valley
on edge (phrase) – tense/nervous, unsettled, unstable.
Hindu Editorial usage : Shopian in south Kashmir is on edge
militant (noun) – extremist, radical, fanatic.
Hindu Editorial usage : On Sunday five militants, including slain Hizbul Mujahideen ‘commander’ Burhan Wani’s aide and a Kashmir University assistant professor,
aide (noun) – assistant, deputy, confidante.
Hindu Editorial usage : On Sunday five militants, including slain Hizbul Mujahideen ‘commander’ Burhan Wani’s aide and a Kashmir University assistant professor,
cap (verb) – top, upstage, outshine/surpass.
Hindu Editorial usage : Sunday’s violence capped a week of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, with a death toll of at least 24.
toll (noun) – number, count, total/sum (of deaths or casualties due to an accident, natural calamity & etc).
Hindu Editorial usage : Sunday’s violence capped a week of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, with a death toll of at least 24.
break out (phrasal verb) – flare up, start suddenly, erupt.
Hindu Editorial usage : a gunfight broke out after a Rashtriya Rifles unit launched a cordon-and-search operation on a specific input.
cordon-and-search operation (noun) – a military strategy to seal off an area and search the premises for weapons or terrorists.
Hindu Editorial usage : a gunfight broke out after a Rashtriya Rifles unit launched a cordon-and-search operation on a specific input.
cordon off (phrasal verb) – close off, seal off, isolate.
Hindu Editorial usage : a gunfight broke out after a Rashtriya Rifles unit launched a cordon-and-search operation on a specific input.
reinforcements (noun) – additional troops, reserves.
Hindu Editorial usage : when security forces rushed in more reinforcements, including para-commandos
take to the streets (phrase) – (of a crowd) to come together in the streets to display communal harmony in either celebration or opposition.
Hindu Editorial usage : Dozens took to the streets, throwing stones at the security forces, who retaliated with teargas and pellet guns.
retaliate (verb) – hit back, counterattack, take revenge.
Hindu Editorial usage : Dozens took to the streets, throwing stones at the security forces, who retaliated with teargas and pellet guns.
pellet guns (noun) – Pellet guns are a form of non-lethal crowd control methods used by police and military worldwide. Pellets guns are intended to injure individuals and cause pain. They are also popular in hunting and pest control. A cartridge of a pellet gun contains few hundred pellets made of Lead. Pellets can be of various shapes either like ball bearings or irregular.
Hindu Editorial usage : Dozens took to the streets, throwing stones at the security forces, who retaliated with teargas and pellet guns.
facilitate (verb) – assist, help, aid.
Hindu Editorial usage : The security forces believe it was a strategy to distract them and facilitate the militants’ escape.
confine (verb) – restrict, limit, surround.
Hindu Editorial usage : but also how violence in the Valley shifts to different geographies instead of being confined to traditional militant strongholds.
dip (verb) – decrease, decline. lower.
Hindu Editorial usage : violence in the State began to decline in 2007-08, with 2012 seeing it dip to 117 deaths.
climb up (phrasal verb) – increase, rise, escalate.
Hindu Editorial usage : However, starting 2013 it has been climbing back up sharply.
episodic (adjective) – intermittent, periodic, uneven/patchy.
Hindu Editorial usage : In 2017, all of 358 people died in the Valley. Episodic spells of stone-pelting,
dilemma (noun) – difficulty, problem, conundrum.
Hindu Editorial usage : have posed a particularly difficult dilemma for the security forces and the civil administration.
stare down (phrasal verb) – look fixedly someone (so as to make that person submits/gives in/yields).
Hindu Editorial usage : The challenge is not only to calm the street and stare down militants.
out of harm’s way (phrase) – protected from danger, sheltered/guarded, in a safe place.
Hindu Editorial usage : It is to do so in a manner that keeps civilians out of harm’s way, so that alienation does not deepen.
alienation (noun) – isolation, detachment, estrangement/separation.
Hindu Editorial usage : It is to do so in a manner that keeps civilians out of harm’s way, so that alienation does not deepen.
tranquil (adjective) – peaceful, calm/serene, untroubled.
Hindu Editorial usage : That the authorities are failing to do so is evident from reports of increased recruitment by militant groups even in once-tranquil areas such as Shopian.
alarming (adjective) – worrying, disturbing, shocking/distressing.
Hindu Editorial usage : Home-grown militancy is a reflection of alienation, and the alarming reports of its revival demand a security strategy as well as a political outreach.
revival (noun) – improvement, betterment; restoration.
Hindu Editorial usage : Home-grown militancy is a reflection of alienation, and the alarming reports of its revival demand a security strategy as well as a political outreach.
set in (phrasal verb) – begin, start, arrive (of something unpleasant).
Hindu Editorial usage : The Centre must consider sending a similar all-party delegation to the State, before summer sets in.
Hindu Editorial usage : The Shopian fury shows a need for a political outreach to various sections in the Valley
outreach (noun) – the level of reaching out/activity/effort; involvement.
Hindu Editorial usage : The Shopian fury shows a need for a political outreach to various sections in the Valley
Hindu Editorial usage : Shopian in south Kashmir is on edge
Hindu Editorial usage : On Sunday five militants, including slain Hizbul Mujahideen ‘commander’ Burhan Wani’s aide and a Kashmir University assistant professor,
Hindu Editorial usage : On Sunday five militants, including slain Hizbul Mujahideen ‘commander’ Burhan Wani’s aide and a Kashmir University assistant professor,
Hindu Editorial usage : Sunday’s violence capped a week of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, with a death toll of at least 24.
Hindu Editorial usage : Sunday’s violence capped a week of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, with a death toll of at least 24.
Hindu Editorial usage : a gunfight broke out after a Rashtriya Rifles unit launched a cordon-and-search operation on a specific input.
Hindu Editorial usage : a gunfight broke out after a Rashtriya Rifles unit launched a cordon-and-search operation on a specific input.
Hindu Editorial usage : a gunfight broke out after a Rashtriya Rifles unit launched a cordon-and-search operation on a specific input.
Hindu Editorial usage : when security forces rushed in more reinforcements, including para-commandos
Hindu Editorial usage : Dozens took to the streets, throwing stones at the security forces, who retaliated with teargas and pellet guns.
Hindu Editorial usage : Dozens took to the streets, throwing stones at the security forces, who retaliated with teargas and pellet guns.
Hindu Editorial usage : Dozens took to the streets, throwing stones at the security forces, who retaliated with teargas and pellet guns.
Hindu Editorial usage : The security forces believe it was a strategy to distract them and facilitate the militants’ escape.
Hindu Editorial usage : but also how violence in the Valley shifts to different geographies instead of being confined to traditional militant strongholds.
Hindu Editorial usage : violence in the State began to decline in 2007-08, with 2012 seeing it dip to 117 deaths.
Hindu Editorial usage : However, starting 2013 it has been climbing back up sharply.
Hindu Editorial usage : In 2017, all of 358 people died in the Valley. Episodic spells of stone-pelting,
Hindu Editorial usage : have posed a particularly difficult dilemma for the security forces and the civil administration.
Hindu Editorial usage : The challenge is not only to calm the street and stare down militants.
Hindu Editorial usage : It is to do so in a manner that keeps civilians out of harm’s way, so that alienation does not deepen.
Hindu Editorial usage : It is to do so in a manner that keeps civilians out of harm’s way, so that alienation does not deepen.
Hindu Editorial usage : That the authorities are failing to do so is evident from reports of increased recruitment by militant groups even in once-tranquil areas such as Shopian.
Hindu Editorial usage : Home-grown militancy is a reflection of alienation, and the alarming reports of its revival demand a security strategy as well as a political outreach.
Hindu Editorial usage : Home-grown militancy is a reflection of alienation, and the alarming reports of its revival demand a security strategy as well as a political outreach.
Hindu Editorial usage : The Centre must consider sending a similar all-party delegation to the State, before summer sets in.
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