'city in ruins' ukrainian troops recount bitter bakhmut fight

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'city in ruins'  ukrainian troops recount bitter bakhmut fight
21,Apr,2023

10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning

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Recruitment (noun)

The process of actively seeking out, finding and hiring candidates for a specific position or job. भर्ती

Synonyms: Engagement, Enlistment, Enrollment, Employment

Antonyms: Fun, Unemployment, Avocation, Entertainment

Example: The recruitment process has been really successful and all managers and team leaders have now been placed.

Pertained (verb)

To exist or apply in a particular situation or at a particular time संबंधित

Synonyms: Concern, Connected, Referring, Related

Antonyms: Ignore, Disregard, Slight

Example: The laws pertaining to immigration.

Conference (noun)

A meeting of two or more persons for discussing matters of common concern. सम्मेलन

Synonyms: Consultation, Discussion, Forum, Interview

Antonyms: Silence, Quiet, Disassembly

Example: The organization held its annual conference in New York this year.

Criticism (noun)

What you think is bad about somebody/something. आलोचना

Synonyms: Censure, Reproval, Condemnation, Denunciation

Antonyms: Approve, Commend, Compliment, Exonerate.

Example: There was much public criticism directed at the senator.

Eligible (adjective)

Having the right to do or obtain something. योग्य

Synonyms: Acceptable, Likely, Qualified, Suitable

Antonyms: Unacceptable, Improper, Inappropriate, Ineligible

Example: She is eligible to be (elected) president.

Dispensation (noun)

Exemption from a rule or usual requirement. व्यवस्था

Synonyms: Disbursement, Allotment, Appointment, Apportionment

Antonyms: Disfavor, Hole, Denial, Veto

Example: The priest asked for dispensation from his vows.

Incidents (noun)

An instance of something happening; an event or occurrence. घटनाएं

Synonyms: Circumstance, Episode, Event, Fact

Antonyms: Cessation, Inaction, Inactivity, Stoppage

Example: Two people were shot yesterday in two separate incidents.

Administration (noun)

Relating to the running of a business, organization, etc. प्रशासनिक

Synonyms: Bureaucratic, Departmental, Governmental, Legislative

Antonyms: Nonmanagerial, Nonsupervisory, Non-Administrative, Subordinate

Example: Administrative work occupies half of my time.

Convenience (noun)

The quality of being easy, useful or suit able for somebody उपयुक्तता

Synonyms: Benefit, Use, Good, Comfort.

Antonyms: Damage, Difficulty, Disadvantage, Dissatisfaction.

Example: I enjoy the convenience of living near a post office.

Provision (noun)

The action of providing or supplying something for use. प्रावधान

Synonyms: Arrangement, Plan, Accouterment, Catering

Antonyms: Removal, Taking, Poison

Example: I carried my provisions in one large backpack.

The editorial

Source: The Hindustan Times · 21 Apr 2023

The screeching artillery shells crashing down from Russian positions in the embattled and rubble-strewn city of Bakhmut in east Ukraine shake 20-year-old sapper Denis the most.

‘You hear a boom, a whistle and then an explosion. And of course, the shrapnel,’ the military engineer told AFP, just hours after rotating from the fiercest battle of Russia's invasion.

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1. Synonym of Convenience

2. Antonym of Incidents

3. Synonym of Eligible

4. Antonym of Provision

5. Synonym of Administration

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