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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 15th April 2018 (Sunday)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "War for war: On U.S. strikes on Syria"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "War for war: On U.S. strikes on Syria"
- Escalate - to increase, especially at a fast rate that causes problems
- Conflict - fighting between countries or groups
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Devastating - causing a lot of harm or damage
- Province - an area that is governed as part of a country or an empire
- Cruise missile - a nuclear missile that is controlled by a computer and can travel very long distances
- Airbase - a military airport
- Regime - a system or form of government
- Gutted - extremely disappointed
- Ally - a country that makes an agreement with another country that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war
- Undertook - to agree to be responsible for a job or a project and do it
- Prohibition - a law or rule that stops people from doing something
- Ascertain - to find out something
- Inter-governmental - involving governments of different countries
- Watchdog - a person or organization that works to stop people from doing illegal things in a particular area of business or society
- Requisite - necessary for a particular purpose
- Evidence - facts or physical signs that help to prove something
- Merely - just; only
- Flout - to deliberately refuse to obey a rule or custom
- Mission accomplished - used for saying that someone has successfully done what they wanted to do or had to do
- Bravado - a brave and confident way of behaving, especially when you do not really feel like this
- Provocation - something that causes you to react in an angry or violent way, often something that is intended to cause such a reaction
- Perceive - to notice or realize something
- Deter - to make someone decide not to do something
- On the other hand - used for giving two different opinions about something
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Worrying - causing you to feel worried
- Confrontation - a situation in which people or groups are arguing angrily or are fighting
- Heightens - becomes stronger
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Preside over - to be in a position of power while important changes or events are happening
- Monstrous - cruel, unfair, or morally wrong
- Brute force - great physical force or strength
- Ground reality - reality of the situation
- Misery - the state of being extremely unhappy or uncomfortable
- Last thing - the least expected or wanted thing
- Unilateral - done or decided by one country, group, or person, often without considering what other countries etc think or want
- Aggressive - behaving in an angry or rude way that shows you want to fight, attack, or argue with someone
- Multilateral - involving three or more groups, especially the governments of three or more countries
- Diplomacy - the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Long-lasting - continuing for a long time
- Mandate - to give official permission for something to happen
- Hue - a colour
- Haul - to succeed in reaching a higher position using a lot of effort
- Diverse - very different from each other
- Allure - a special, exciting, and attractive quality that someone or something has
- Bask in - to enjoy people’s attention and approval, especially when you have achieved a great success
- Unflattering - making someone seem unpleasant or not attractive
- Vestige - a very small sign of something that has almost disappeared or stopped existing
- Colonial - relating to a system or period in which one country rules another
- There’s no denying - used for saying that something is clearly true
- Relevance - the quality of being directly connected with and important to something else
- Stepping stone - an event or experience that helps you achieve something else
- Glory - admiration and praise that you get because you have done something impressive
- Relatively - in comparison with someone or something similar
- Frontrunner - the person or thing considered the most likely to win a competition, game, election etc
- Underline - to show clearly that something is important or true
- Fortnight - a period of two weeks
- World-class - one of the best in the world
- Javelin - a long pointed stick that is thrown in a sports competition
- Splendid - very impressive, or very good
- Clinch - to manage to win or achieve something by doing one final thing that makes it certain
- Anticipate - to think that something will probably happen
- Emergence - the process of appearing or becoming recognized
- High point - the best, most exciting, or most important part of something
- Arena - a large area that is surrounded by seats, used for sports or entertainment
- Unprecedented - never having happened or existed before
- Reputation - the opinion that people have about how good or how bad someone or something is
- Take a beating - to be damaged because of performing badly or being criticized
- Pack off - to send someone away somewhere suddenly
- Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Aberration - a short time when someone behaves in a very strange or careless way
- Unaddressed - not considered or dealt with
- Tally - a record of the number of things that someone has done, won, or achieved
- Optimistic - hoping or believing that good things will happen in the future
- Defend - to attempt to win a competition that you won last time in order to keep your position as winner
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