A total clampdown – The Hindu (July 20, 2016)
The disruption of normal life in the Kashmir Valley after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen “commander” Burhan Wani was conveyed most poignantly by a photograph of a half page of advertisements in a Kashmiri newspaper. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Word List:
- Clampdown (noun) – suppression, stopping; crackdown, restriction.
- Poignantly (adverb) – distressingly, agonisingly, painfully, upset tingly.
- Prevailing (adjective) – existing, present, current.
- Vicious (adjective) – brutal, harsh, violent, ruthless, heartless.
- Suffocate (verb) – feel trapped, feel oppressed.
- Narrative (noun) – a representation of a particular situation, a certain method of understanding events.
- Contend (verb) – assert, acclaim, state, pronounce, insist, argue.
- Thwart (verb) – stop, impede, check, block, prevent.
- Inhibit (verb) – hinder, restrain, prevent, impede.
- Shrug off (phrasal verb) – disregard, dismiss, ignore, pay no heed to.
- Draw out (phrasal verb) – get, persuade, encourage.
- Curfew (noun) – a rule which is instructing people to stay at, typically at night.
- Reinforce (verb) – strengthen, fortify, bolster up; boost, assist, promote.
- Siege (noun) – blockade, beleaguerment, encirclement.
- Refuge (noun) – being in a safety place or shelter (from difficulty).
- Platitude (noun) – cliché, truism, commonplace, hackneyed/trite/overworked saying.
- Evasion (noun) – an indirect answer, prevarication, dodging/sidestepping the issue.
- Indiscriminately (adverb) – aimlessly, unmethodically; carelessly, unthinkingly, thoughtlessly.
- Pellet (noun) – lightweight bullet, shot.
- Turn away (phrasal verb) – refuse admittance to, send away; reject, rebuff, repel.
- Inhumanly (adverb) – cruelly, brutally, savagely, ruthlessly.
- Succour (noun) – aid, help, assistance, relief, support.
- Stem (verb) – stop, halt, check, restrict.
- Countenance (verb) – tolerate, permit, allow, admit of, consent to.
- Prospect (noun) – possibility, likelihood, hope, expectation, anticipation.
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