Castigate

To inflict severe punishment on.

To criticize severely.

Frisk

To move about briskly and playfully; frolic.

v.tr.

To search (a person) for something concealed, especially a weapon, by passing the hands quickly over clothes or through pockets.

n.

1. An energetic, playful movement; a gambol.

2. The act of frisking.

 

eg:- police frisked him away

Exodus

A departure of a large number of people.

journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

eg:- TCS, the biggest in terms of revenue as well as headcount, saw an exodus of about 2,500 employees, while just over 2,000 people quit the country’s second largest software exporter, Infosys.

Burgeon

To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.

To begin to grow or blossom.

To grow and flourish.

 

eg:- the burgeoning ECM market

Subsume

To classify, include, or incorporate in a more comprehensive category or under a general principle.

eg:- We see the e-mail archiving market as being subsumed into the ECM market

Elucidate

Elucidate \E*lu"ci*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Elucidating.] [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of
   elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.]
   To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to
   illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
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