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1 Severely (adverb)

गंभीर

Severely meaning

Intense

Synonyms: Acute, Serious, Grave, Critical

Antonyms: Minor, Negligible, Gentle, Amenable

Example: The storm caused severe damage to the roof.

2 Shattered (adjective)

टूटे हुए

Shattered meaning

Broken into many small pieces, or deeply upset and emotionally devastated.

Synonyms: Broken, Fragmented, Devastated, Crushed, Ruined.

Antonyms: Intact, Whole, Unbroken, Unharmed, Repaired.

Example: After the accident, she was completely shattered and needed time to recover.

3 Sabotaged (verb)

बिगाड़ना

Sabotaged meaning

An act or process tending to hamper or hurt.

Synonyms: Wreck, Destroy, Obstruct, Cripple

Antonyms: Aid, Abet, Assist, Facilitate.

Example: They sabotaged the enemy's oil fields.

4 Traction (noun)

संकर्षण

Traction meaning

The ability of a wheel or tyre to hold the ground without sliding.

Synonyms: Suction, Resistance, Adherence, Constriction

Antonyms: Slack, Looseness, Laxness

Example: His car hit a patch of ice and lost traction.

5 Diplomatic (adjective)

कूटनीतिक

Diplomatic meaning

Of or concerning diplomacy

Synonyms: Conciliatory, Gracious, Polite, Strategic

Antonyms: Rude, Artless, Impolite, Tactless

Example: The two countries have had no diplomatic relations since.

6 Inflicted (verb)

प्रवृत्त

Inflicted meaning

To force somebody to have something unpleasant or something that he/she does not want

Synonyms: Exact, Expose, Levy, Wreak

Antonyms: Hold, Keep, Take, Suspend

Example: They surveyed the damage inflicted by the storm.

7 Restoration (noun)

मरम्मत

Restoration meaning

The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.

Synonyms: Repairing, Fixing, Mending, Refurbishment

Antonyms: Destruction, Abolition, Neglect

Example: The building is undergoing restoration.

8 Perpetual (adjective)

नित्य

Perpetual meaning

Always or very often

Synonyms: Constantly, Endlessly, Always, Forever

Antonyms: Never, Once, Finite, Finished

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

9 Immense (adjective)

अत्यधिक

Immense meaning

Extremely large or great, especially in scale or degree.

Synonyms: Huge, Vast, Massive, Enormous

Antonyms: Bounded, Calculable, Common, Ending

Example: It is an immense sum of money.

10 Receding (verb)

मंदी

Receding meaning

A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters.

Synonyms: Downturn, Depression, Slump, Trough

Antonyms: Boom, Upturn, Increase, Rise

Example: The recession caused sales to drop off.

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