Words From The Hindu Editorials 20th August 2017

1. onus- दायित्व, भार, बोझ

something that is one's duty or responsibility.

burden, responsibility, liability, obligation, duty, weight, load, charge

This puts the

onus

of the crime on women instead of the men who commit rape.

2. 

annihilate

destroy utterly; obliterate

destroy, wipe out, obliterate, wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, kill, slaughter, exterminate, eliminate, liquidate, eradicate, extinguish, finish off, erase, root out, extirpate

 Rape is about oppressive control and exploitative power; it annihilates its victims as equals and as human beings

oppressive-दमनकारी, अत्याचारी, 

inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.

harsh, cruel, brutal, repressive, crushing, tyrannical, tyrannous, iron-fisted, domineering, autocratic, dictatorial, undemocratic, anti-democratic, despotic, draconian, punitive;

3. continuum-अबाध क्रम

a continuous sequence in which adjacent elements are not perceptibly different from each other, but the extremes are quite distinct.

4. rancour-विद्वेष

bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long standing.

"he spoke without rancour"

synonyms:

bitterness, spite, hate, hatred, resentment, malice, ill will, malevolence, malignancy, animosity, antipathy, enmity, hostility, acrimony, venom, poison, vindictiveness, balefulness, vengefulness, vitriol, virulence, perniciousness, meanness, nastiness