| Difficult Word/ Phrase | Contextual Sense |
| Overkill | Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal |
| Merit | Value |
| Conflagration | A very intense and uncontrolled fire |
| Crippling effect | Something having a very serious, harmful effect |
| Euphemism | a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things which people may find upsetting or embarrassing to talk about |
| Explicitly | Something expressed or shown clearly and openly, without any attempt to hide anything |
| Inflammatory | Arousing to action or rebellion |
| Sledgehammer | crushingly powerful |
| Contravention | Coming into conflict with |
| Dragnet | A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals) |
| Ploy | A tactic or manoeuvre intended to gain an advantage |
| Beleaguered | experiencing difficulties, opposition, or criticism |
| At the helm | in charge of an organization |
| Intransigence | stubbornly refusing to compromise |
| Sporadic | Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances |
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