The Hindu Editorial (Breaking up) – Dec 14, 2020

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The Hindu Editorial (Breaking up) – Dec 14, 2020

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Breaking up) – Dec 14, 2020:

break up (phrasal verb) – destroy, put to an end, bring to an end (monopoly); disband, separate, disperse (monopoly).
throttle (verb) – suppress, inhibit, stifle, control/restrict.
regulator (noun) – an association that supervises a particular business activity.
spirit (noun) – real/true meaning, intention, essence.
keep alive (phrasal verb) – keep going, continue, sustain.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (noun) – The FTC is a bipartisan federal agency with a unique dual mission to protect consumers and promote competition. It is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil U.S. antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection.
Attorney General (noun) – The chief legal advisor/officer of a nation (state).
dominant (adjective) – authoritative, most influential, most powerful.
plaintiff (noun) – a person who is bringing a lawsuit against another person before a court; claimant, litigator, petitioner.
sue (verb) – take legal action against, take to court, bring a legal suit against.
anti-competitive practice/conduct/behaviour (noun) – business or government practices that unlawfully prevent or reduce competition in a market.
play by the rules (phrase) – follow the rules, conform, abide by the rules.
playbook (noun) – strategies.
potential (adjective) – prospective, developing.
cut off (phrasal verb) – block/stop, remove, discontinue (a standard method of doing/accessing something).
buy off (phrasal verb) – to pay money dishonestly to someone to stop him/her from doing what you don’t want them to do.
highlight (verb) – underline, underscore, emphasize, call attention to.
acquisition (noun) – obtaining, acquiring/procuring, appropriation.
acquire (verb) – buy, obtain, take possession of.
face (verb) – be faced with, encounter, experience.
wrath (noun) – anger, rage, fury, annoyance, indignation, outrage.
one way and another (phrase) – by some means.
fallout (noun) – adverse results/consequence; after-effects, repercussions.
Cambridge Analytica scandal (noun) – A British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica illicitly harvested the personal data of millions of Facebook users without their consent to run political campaigns. The scandal came into light after a former employee turned into a whistleblower.
scandal (noun) – impropriety, misconduct, wrongdoing.
existential (adjective) – relating to existence.
existential threat (noun) – it is a threat relating to existence of someone/something.
turn out (phrasal verb) – transpire, happen; come to be, become.
highlight (verb) – draw attention to, underscore, emphasize, underline.
lack of (noun) – absence, deficiency, scarcity, dearth.
taint (noun) – blemish, blot, discredit, dishonour, stigma.
shrug off (phrasal verb) – disregard, dismiss, ignore, pay no heed to, gloss over.
market capitalisation (noun) – the aggregate valuation of the company based on its current share price and the total number of outstanding stocks. It is calculated by multiplying the current market price of the company’s share with the total outstanding shares of the company.
shade (noun) – a little, a bit.
potentially (adverb) – likely, may be, possibly, probably.
endanger (verb) – imperil, jeopardize, risk, put in danger.
in isolation (noun) – separately; without relating to others.
backlash (noun) – a strong negative reaction; adverse response, counteraction.
Big Tech (noun) – the largest and most dominant companies in the information technology industry of the United States, namely Amazon, Apple, Google & Facebook.
antitrust (adjective) – relating to legislation preventing or controlling the big conglomerates, or trusts or other monopolies from growing too large and powerful.
violation (noun) – breach, breaking, non-observance.
growing (adjective) – increasing.
realisation (noun) – understanding, comprehension, recognition, perception.
disproportionate (adjective) – inordinate, unreasonable, excessive; out of proportion, relatively too large.
clout (noun) – influence, power, control.
the scheme of things (phrase) – in the way things normally/generally happen or arranged to happen (when compared with/related to other things) in a particular situation; a general view of the situation as a whole.
exploit (verb) – take advantage of, make use of, misuse.
further (verb) – promote, advance, forward, develop.
futile (adjective) – pointless, useless, valueless.
a light-touch (phrase) – a careful way of handling/doing something.
call for (noun) – demand, desire, requirement, need.
break-up (noun) – the division of something into separate parts.
put forward (phrasal verb) – propose, introduce, submit, present.
scale (noun) – size.
startle (verb) – surprise, shock, frighten/scare.
not to mention (phrase) – in addition to, as well as.
activist (noun) – campaigner, promoter, protestor.
grandiose (adjective) – magnificent, impressive, awe-inspiring, splendid, ambitious, epic.
world/international/global order (noun) – the arrangement of power and authority that provides the system for the conduct of diplomacy and world politics in relation to the entire world.
monopoly (noun) – exclusive/complete control of something by a person/organization.
draw (verb) – reach a conclusion by inference from the circumstances; deduce, infer, conclude, derive, gather.