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In the following passage, certain words are underlined. Some of the underlined words are used incorrectly either contextually or grammatically. You are provided with four options (a), (b), (c), (d) which can be used to replace the underlined word to make a coherent and meaningful sentence. If t

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In the following passage, certain words are underlined. Some of the underlined words are used incorrectly either contextually or grammatically. You are provided with four options (a), (b), (c), (d) which can be used to replace the underlined word to make a coherent and meaningful sentence. If the underlined word has been correctly used, mark option (e) No improvement as your answer. 

A (A) degraded Chinese space lab plunged through Earth's atmosphere on Monday, breaking apart as it (B) went towards a watery grave in the South Pacific. The Tiangong-1 mostly burnt up above the vast ocean's central region at 8.15am, China's Manned Space Engineering Office said, moments after (C) guessing a slight lateral re-entry over the Atlantic. Space officials had stressed that the craft would not cause any earthly (D) movement when it returned, with Chinese space officials saying its disintegration will offer a (E) dull show akin to a meteor (F) rain.The United States Air Force 18th Space Control Squadron, which tracks and (G) downs all artificial objects in earth’s orbit, said they had also tracked the Tiangong-1 as it (H) re-took the atmosphere over the South Pacific. Space officials had warned that knowing the (I) apt location of the re-entry would not be possible until shortly before it happened, and China's space agency had predicted it would be off Sao Paulo just moments before the Tiangong-1 made its (J) actual return.


(A)
1). demolished
2). defunct
3). detest
4). debarred


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The space craft crashed as it was not working and had turned defunct.

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