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1 Stripped (verb)

अलग करना

Stripped meaning

Remove all coverings from.

Synonyms: Striptease, Peel, Despoil, Disrobe

Antonyms: Cover, Fill, Fix, Give

Example: It scares me, like I'm stripping naked in front of strangers.

2 Starvation (noun)

भुखमरी

Starvation meaning

Suffering or death caused by lack of food.

Synonyms: Deprivation, Famine, Malnutrition, Inanition

Antonyms: Satisfaction, Satiation, Fullness, Satiety

Example: Thousands died of starvation.

3 Impoverished (adjective)

गरीब

Impoverished meaning

Made poor.

Synonyms: Barren, Destitute, Distressed, Indigent

Antonyms: Rich, Wealthy, Enlarged, Full

Example: The dictator enriched himself but impoverished his people.

4 Isolated (adjective)

एकांत

Isolated meaning

The state of feeling alone and without friends or help.

Synonyms: Confinement, Desolation, Remoteness, Segregation

Antonyms: Attach, Combine, Connect, Couple

Example: The researchers work in isolation.

5 Unprecedented (adjective)

अभूतपूर्व

Unprecedented meaning

Never done or known before.

Synonyms: Unparalleled, Unequalled, Unmatched, Unrivalled

Antonyms: Bad, Common, Commonplace, Customary

Example: The team has enjoyed unprecedented success this year.

6 Explosive (adjective)

धमाका

Explosive meaning

A sudden and extremely violent bursting

Synonyms: Blast, Burst, Firing, Outbreak

Antonyms: Praise, Elegance, Disinflation, Deflation

Example: There was a massive explosion.

7 Thwarted (verb)

नाकाम

Thwarted meaning

To stop somebody doing what he/she planned to do

Synonyms: Frustrated, Hampered, Baffled, Foiled

Antonyms: Encouraged, Promoted, Advanced, Forwarded

Example: The police have thwarted a criminal plot.

8 Collapse (verb)

ढह

Collapse meaning

Having fallen down or given way.

Synonyms: Bankruptcy, Catastrophe, Crash, Debacle

Antonyms: Miracle, Success, Wonder, Creation

Example: Buildings collapsed by an earthquake.

9 Conducted (adjective)

संचालित

Conducted meaning

Led by a guide.

Synonyms: Manage, Direct, Run, Control

Antonyms: Contracted, Caught, Came Down

Example: The experiments were conducted by scientists in New York.

10 Neutralized (verb)

निष्क्रिय

Neutralized meaning

Make (something) ineffective by applying an opposite force or effect.

Synonyms: Counteract, Offset, Counterbalance, Counterpoise

Antonyms: Aid, Approve, Encourage, Establish.

Example: The soldiers tried to neutralize the attack by dividing the invading army.

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