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Raze (verb)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: Completely destroy a city, building ….etc.

Usage: The town was razed to the ground in the bombing raid.

Synonyms: Demolish, pull down, unbuild, tear down, abolish,

destroy, eradicate, obliterate

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Demolish (verb)
to completely destroy or to prove that an argument or theory is wrong:
A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could
be built.
He completely demolished all her arguments.
Abolish (verb)
to end an activity or custom officially:
I think bullfighting should be abolished.
Eradicate (verb)
to get rid of something completely or destroy something bad:
The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption.

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Obliterate (verb)
to remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it
so that it cannot be seen

All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog.

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Antonyms: Build, construct, erect, renovate, forge

Erect (verb)
to build a building, wall, or other structure:
The war memorial was erected in 1950.
Forge (verb)
1. to make or produce something, especially with some difficulty:
The accident forged a close bond between the two families.
She forged a new career for herself as a singer.
2. to make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive:
a forged passport
a forged signature

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Culpable (adjective)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: Deserving to be blamed or responsible for
something bad

Usage: He was held culpable for all that had happened.

Synonyms: Blamable, censurable, reproachable, reprehensible,

reckless, impeachable

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Censurable (adj.)
deserving strong criticism or disapproval :
I do not think her father’s behaviour was censurable.
Reproachable (adj.)/Reproach (verb)
to criticize someone, especially for not being successful or not
doing what is expected:
His mother reproached him for not eating all his dinner.
Reprehensible (adj.)
deserving blame; recognized as bad:
His conduct, though morally reprehensible, is not a crime.

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Reckless (adj.)
doing something dangerous and not worrying about the risks and
the possible results:
He was found guilty of reckless driving.

Impeachable (adj.)
deserving or causing impeachment (= a formal statement that a public official might
be guilty of a serious offence)
Is there evidence of impeachable conduct by the president?

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Antonyms: Blameless, faultless, impeccable, irreproachable

Impeccable (adj.)
perfect, with no problems or bad parts:
His English is impeccable.
Irreproachable (adj.)
without fault and therefore impossible to criticize:
Her conduct throughout was irreproachable.

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Opaque (adjective)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: Not able to been seen through or pass, difficult
to understand
Usage: I find her poetry a little too opaque.

Synonyms: Ambiguous, cryptic, arcane, dark, enigmatic,

equivocal, obscure

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Ambiguous (adj.)
having or expressing more than one possible meaning,
sometimes intentionally:
His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.
Cryptic (adj.)
mysterious and difficult to understand:
I got a cryptic text message from Harshit.
Arcane (adj.)
mysterious and known only by a few people:
He was the only person who understood all the arcane details of
the agreement.

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Enigmatic (adj.)
mysterious and impossible to understand completely:
He left an enigmatic message on my answering machine.
Equivocal (adj.)
not clear and seeming to have two opposing meanings
His words to the press were deliberately equivocal - he
didn't deny the reports but neither did he confirm them.
Obscure (adj.)
not clear and difficult to understand or see:
Official policy has changed, for reasons that remain obscure.

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Antonyms : Clear, accessible, obvious, unambiguous, certain,

pellucid, definite

Accessible (adj.)
able to be reached or easily obtained :
The resort is easily accessible by road, rail, and air.
Pellucid (adj.)
very clear and shining:
the pellucid water

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Nuance (noun)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: Very slight difference in appearance, meaning
sound ….etc
Usage: The painter has managed to capture every nuance of the
woman’s expression.

Synonyms: Distinction, gradation, implication, subtlety,

refinement, delicate, exact

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Distinction (noun)
a difference between two similar things:
There's a clear distinction between the dialects spoken in the
two regions.
Gradation (noun)
a gradual change, or a stage in the process of change:
The gradation in/of tempo in this piece of music is very subtle.
Implication (noun)
an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying
it directly
From what she said, the implication was that they
were splitting up.
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Subtlety (noun)
Subtle (adj.)
not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious in any way:
The play's message is perhaps too subtle to be understood by young children.

Antonyms: Inexact, coarse, rough, apparent, evident, obvious

Coarse (adj.)
rough and not smooth or soft or rude and offensive:
a coarse joke
coarse language

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apparent (adj.)
able to be seen or understood:
Her unhappiness was apparent to everyone.
Evident (adj.)
easily seen or understood:
Harry's courage during his illness was evident to everyone.

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