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1. ASSAULTS (VERB): (हमलाः करना) make a physical attack on..

Synonyms: whip, strike, batter

Antonyms: retreat, ebb

Example Sentence:

He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer.

2. UNRAVEL (VERB): (सुलझाना) investigate and solve or explain
Synonyms: untie, unjumble

Antonyms: tangle, intertwine

Example Sentence:

They were attempting to unravel the cause of death.

3. DISMANTLE (VERB): (निराकरण, तोड़-फोड़) take (a machine or structure) to pieces.
Synonyms: breakup, flatten

Antonyms: assemble, build

Example Sentence:

The car mechanic dismantled the engine to repair it

4. PARAPHRASE (VERB): (संक्षिप्त व्याख्या, विवरण) express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words

Synonyms: reword, rephrase

Antonyms: transcript, echo

Example Sentence:

This is evidently a paraphrase of popular story fairytale.

5. IMPEACHMENT (NOUN): (दोषारोपण)a charge of treason

Synonyms: reprimand, charge, reprobate

Antonyms: absolve, commend, exonerate

Example Sentence:

The king cynically abandoned him, encouraging his impeachment”

6. EMBITTER (VERB): (कड़वा बोलना) make (someone) feel anger

Synonyms:
 frustrate, vex, antagonize

Antonyms: lessen, lighten

Example Sentence:

“He died an embittered man”

7. DETENTION (NOUN): (नज़रबंदी) the state of being detained in official custody.

Synonyms: incarceration, durance

Antonyms: relinquishment, abandoment

Example Sentence:

“The fifteen people arrested were still in police detention”

8. HOLOCAUST (NOUN): (प्रलय) destruction, devastation

Synonyms: annihilation, massacre

Antonyms: building, creation

Example Sentence:

The forest fire was a holocaust that destroyed thousands of trees.

9. MUTATING (VERB): (परिवर्तनशील) convert, modify

Synonyms: modify, anomaly

Antonyms: remain, stay

Example Sentence:

Simple organisms like bacteria mutate rapidly.

10. GENOCIDE (NOUN): (नरसंहार) the deliberate killing of a large group of people

Synonyms: carnage, holocaust

Antonyms:
 building, construction

Example Sentence:

This is a campaign of genocide.

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