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1 Overhauling (verb)

निरीक्षण करना

Overhauling meaning

To repair an engine, machine, etc. so that every part of it works as it should.

Synonyms: Improve, Modernize, Rebuild, Reconstruct

Antonyms: Break, Damage, Destroy, Hurt

Example: They are going to have to overhaul the welfare system.

2 Interim (noun)

अल्पकालीन

Interim meaning

The intervening time.

Synonyms: Provisional, Acting, Caretaker, Makeshift

Antonyms: Finished, Permanent, Continual

Example: The government subsequently signed an interim one-year lease contract.

3 Curtailed (verb)

कटौती

Curtailed meaning

Reduce in extent or quantity

Synonyms: Reduce, Cut, Decrease, Lessen

Antonyms: Increase, Lengthen, Long, Extended

Example: The new laws are an effort to curtail illegal drug use.

4 Eroded (verb)

नष्ट करना

Eroded meaning

To slowly reduce or destroy something.

Synonyms: Corrode, Destroy, Abrade, Ruined

Antonyms: Build, Ignore, Neglect, Preserve

Example: Crashing waves have eroded the cliffs along the beach.

5 Pioneered (verb)

अन्वेषण

Pioneered meaning

Involving new ideas or methods.

Synonyms: Introduced, Experimental, Innovative, Inventive

Antonyms: Outdated, Traditional, Conservative, Moderate

Example: The school has won awards for its pioneering work with the community.

6 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.

7 Simmering (verb)

उबालना

Simmering meaning

To stew gently below or just at the boiling point

Synonyms: Burn, Ferment, Rage, Seethe

Antonyms: Freezing, Frigid, Frosty, Chilled

Example: She was simmering with resentment.

8 Perpetuated (verb)

नित्य

Perpetuated meaning

Always or very often

Synonyms: Constantly, Endlessly, Always, Forever

Antonyms: Never, Once, Finite, Finished

Example: She seems perpetually to have a mournful look on her face.

9 Enacted (verb)

नियम बनाना

Enacted meaning

To put something into action, especially to make something law.

Synonyms: Constitute, Legislate, Approve, Make

Antonyms: Repeal, Revoke, Rescind, Abolish

Example: Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.

10 Ousted (verb)

बेदख़ल

Ousted meaning

Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.

Synonyms: Dismissed, Ejected, Banished, Chased

Antonyms: Received, Admitted, Accepted, Took

Example: The army ousted him in a coup.

11 Preservation (noun)

संरक्षित

Preservation meaning

Maintain (something) in its original or existing state.

Synonyms: Untouched, Uncontaminated, Unspoiled, Pristine

Antonyms: Decayed, Decomposed, Corrupted, Spoiled

Example: The fossil was well preserved.

12 Eliminate (verb)

हटाना

Eliminate meaning

To remove or take away someone or something.

Synonyms: Cancel, Defeat, Disqualify, Eradicate

Antonyms: Create, Establish, Help, Hold

Example: When a player gets 100 points, he is eliminated from further play.

13 Integrity (noun)

अखंडता

Integrity meaning

The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

Synonyms: Honesty, Uprightness, Probity, Rectitude

Antonyms: Deceit, Dishonesty, Corruption, Disgrace

Example: He was a man of integrity.

14 Established (adjective)

प्रतिष्ठानों

Established meaning

The action of establishing something or being established.

Synonyms: Formation, Create, Build, Found

Antonyms: Destroy, Remove, Closure, Ruin

Example: The establishment of a business.

15 Alienated (verb)

अलग-थलग

Alienated meaning

To make someone feel that they are different and not part of a group.

Synonyms: Disaffect, Divide, Estrange, Separate

Antonyms: Combine, Join, Marry, Unite

Example: She has alienated all her former friends.

16 Liberate (verb)

रिहा

Liberate meaning

Freed from or opposed to traditional social and sexual attitudes or roles.

Synonyms: Free, Release, Discharge, Deliver

Antonyms: Confine, Enslave, Subjugate, Hold

Example: Rebels fought to liberate the country.

17 Developed (adjective)

विकास

Developed meaning

The process of developing or being developed.

Synonyms: Advancement, Evolution, Expansion, Improvement

Antonyms: Decline, Decrease, Halt, Retreat

Example: Good nutrition is important for proper muscle development.

18 Insurgent (noun)

विद्रोही

Insurgent meaning

A person who rises in active revolt, typically against an established government or authority.

Synonyms: Rebel, Revolutionary, Mutineer, Guerrilla

Antonyms: Loyalist, Patriot, Supporter, Advocate

Example: The government struggled to suppress the insurgent forces in the northern region.

19 Abjure (verb)

शपथपूर्वक त्यागना

Abjure meaning

To formally renounce or reject a belief, claim, or cause.

Synonyms: Renounce, Repudiate, Forswear, Disavow

Antonyms: Embrace, Accept, Acknowledge, Uphold

Example: After years of conflict, the king was forced to abjure his claim to the throne.

20 Abduction (noun)

अपहरण

Abduction meaning

The action of forcibly taking someone away against their will, typically to hold them captive.

Synonyms: Kidnapping, Seizure, Capturing, Snatching

Antonyms: Release, Liberation, Freedom, Rescue

Example: The police are investigating the abduction of the child from the park.

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