Today’s “Word of the Day” is “overawe“ and it is a verb meaning “frighten, threaten, scare, intimidate, unnerve, terrify, browbeat, bully”.
Example Sentence: the objective of the National Security Policy in the 21st century is to define what assets are required to be defended, the identity of opponents who seek to overawe the people of a target nation, by unfamiliar moves to cause disorientation (confusion) of people.
This word is present in The Hindu article The outlines of a national security policy and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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