| detachment | (noun) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | Synonyms: disengagement |
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| (noun) coming apart | Synonyms: breakup, separation |
| (noun) avoiding emotional involvement | Synonyms: withdrawal |
| (noun) a small unit of troops of special composition | - |
| (noun) the state of being isolated or detached | Synonyms: insularism, insularity, insulation |
| detail | (noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: item, point |
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| (noun) extended treatment of particulars | - |
| (noun) a temporary military unit | Synonyms: contingent |
| (noun) a crew of workers selected for a particular task | - |
| (noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: item, particular |
| detailing | (noun) an individualized description of a particular instance | Synonyms: particularisation, particularization |
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| details | (noun) true confidential information | Synonyms: inside information |
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| detainee | (noun) some held in custody | Synonyms: political detainee |
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| detainment | (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detention, hold |
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| detectability | (noun) The state of being noticeable. | - |
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| detecting | (noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | Synonyms: detection, detective work, sleuthing |
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| detection | (noun) the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | Synonyms: catching, espial, spotting, spying |
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| (noun) a police investigation to determine the perpetrator | Synonyms: detecting, detective work, sleuthing |
| (noun) the perception that something has occurred or some state exists | Synonyms: sensing |
| (noun) the detection that a signal is being received | Synonyms: signal detection |
| detective | (noun) a police officer who investigates crimes | Synonyms: investigator, police detective, tec |
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| (noun) an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public | - |
| detector | (noun) any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner | Synonyms: sensing element, sensor |
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| (noun) electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity | - |
| (noun) rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave | Synonyms: demodulator |
| detent | (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: click, dog, pawl |
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| detente | (noun) the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations) | - |
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| detention | (noun) a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home | - |
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| (noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | Synonyms: custody, detainment, hold |
| detergence | (noun) detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power | Synonyms: detergency |
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| detergency | (noun) detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power | Synonyms: detergence |
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| detergent | (noun) a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension | - |
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| (noun) a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering | - |
| deterioration | (noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: declension, decline in quality, worsening |
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| (noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: impairment |
| determent | (noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: deterrence, intimidation |
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| determinant | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinative, determiner, determining factor |
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| (noun) a square matrix used to solve simultaneous equations | - |
| (noun) the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself | Synonyms: antigenic determinant, epitope |
| determinateness | (noun) the quality of being predictable with great confidence | Synonyms: definiteness |
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| determination | (noun) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | Synonyms: finding |
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| (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
| (noun) the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose | Synonyms: purpose |
| (noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: conclusion, decision |
| (noun) deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature | - |
| determinative | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinant, determiner, determining factor |
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| (noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases | Synonyms: determiner |
| determiner | (noun) a determining or causal element or factor | Synonyms: causal factor, determinant, determinative, determining factor |
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| (noun) one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases | Synonyms: determinative |
| (noun) an argument that is conclusive | Synonyms: clincher, determining factor |
| determinism | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will | - |
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| determinist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: fatalist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
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| deterrence | (noun) the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety | - |
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| (noun) a communication that makes you afraid to try something | Synonyms: determent, intimidation |
| (noun) a negative motivational influence | Synonyms: disincentive |
| deterrent | (noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress | Synonyms: balk, baulk, check, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment |
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| detestation | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, execration, loathing, odium |
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| dethronement | (noun) the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office | Synonyms: deposition |
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| detonation | (noun) the act of detonating an explosive | - |
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| (noun) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | Synonyms: blowup, explosion |
| detonator | (noun) a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive | Synonyms: cap, detonating device |
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| detour | (noun) a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) | Synonyms: roundabout way |
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| detox | (noun) the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified | - |
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| detoxification | (noun) treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver) | - |
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| (noun) a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances | - |
| detraction | (noun) the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander) | - |
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| (noun) a petty disparagement | Synonyms: petty criticism |
| detractor | (noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | Synonyms: depreciator, disparager, knocker |
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| detribalisation | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalization |
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| (noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalization |
| detribalization | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalisation |
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| (noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalisation |
| detriment | (noun) a damage or loss | Synonyms: hurt |
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| detrition | (noun) effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure | Synonyms: friction, rubbing |
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| (noun) the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, grinding |
| (noun) erosion by friction | Synonyms: abrasion, attrition, corrasion |
| detritus | (noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | Synonyms: debris, dust, junk, rubble |
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| (noun) loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks | - |
| detumescence | (noun) diminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen | - |
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