ablation: the surgical removal of body tissue; the removal of snow and ice by melting or evaporation, typically from a glacier or iceberg.
antithetical: directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible.
coerce: persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats; obtain (something) by using force or threats.
aggravate: make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious.
debacle: a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
austerity: sternness or severity of manner or attitude; extreme plainness and simplicity of style or appearance; difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce a budget deficit, especially by reducing public expenditure.
tenet: a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy.