Vocabulary

Obfuscate

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
Urdu meaning
تاریک کرنا، ظلمت، حواس باختہ کردینا
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. Like Israel that denies the 75-year history of Palestinian occupation to justify its massacres in Gaza, the powers obfuscate the real origins of Kurram`s troubles.
  2. One wonders whether there will be a second Warren-style Commission to obfuscate the truth.
Synonyms
obscure, confuse, make obscure/unclear, blur, muddle, jumble

Antonyms
clarify
Curator example
“the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins”

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