Vocabulary
Gauntlet
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a strong glove with a long, loose wrist
Urdu meaning
فولادی دستانہ، پنجہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- With the assassination, Tel Aviv has thrown the gauntlet at Tehran, and it will be very difficult for Iran not to respond to this grave provocation on its soil.
- We can no longer turn away from the gauntlet of climate change; we are now walking through it.
- Madressahs flowered under the watchful eye of one military strongman, Ziaul Haq; then, another general, Pervez Musharraf, took up the gauntlet to `reform` madressahs, partly at the prodding of the West to tackle the `war on terror`.
Synonyms
cross, crucible, fire, ordeal, trial
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