| deaminize | (verb) remove the amino radical (usually by hydrolysis) from an amino compound; to perform deamination | Synonyms: deaminate |
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| decamp | (verb) leave suddenly | Synonyms: skip, vamoose |
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| (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: abscond, absquatulate, bolt, go off, make off, run off |
| (verb) leave a camp | Synonyms: break camp |
| decimalise | (verb) change to the decimal system | Synonyms: decimalize |
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| (verb) change from fractions to decimals | Synonyms: decimalize |
| decimalize | (verb) change to the decimal system | Synonyms: decimalise |
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| (verb) change from fractions to decimals | Synonyms: decimalise |
| decimate | (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out |
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| (verb) kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies | - |
| declaim | (verb) recite in elocution | Synonyms: recite |
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| (verb) speak against in an impassioned manner | Synonyms: inveigh |
| decommission | (verb) withdraw from active service | - |
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| decompose | (verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | Synonyms: break down, break up |
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| (verb) break down | Synonyms: molder, moulder, rot |
| (verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, disintegrate |
| decompress | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize |
| (verb) restore to its uncompressed form | Synonyms: uncompress |
| decontaminate | (verb) rid of contamination | - |
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| decriminalise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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| decriminalize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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| deem | (verb) keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view | Synonyms: hold, take for, view as |
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| defame | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| defeminise | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminize |
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| defeminize | (verb) remove the ovaries of (female mammals such as cats) | Synonyms: defeminise |
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| deform | (verb) become misshapen | - |
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| (verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress | Synonyms: distort, strain |
| (verb) assume a different shape or form | Synonyms: change form, change shape |
| (verb) make formless | - |
| (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, flex, turn, twist |
| (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: contort, distort, wring |
| dehumanise | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanize |
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| (verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanize |
| dehumanize | (verb) make mechanical or routine | Synonyms: dehumanise |
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| (verb) deprive of human qualities | Synonyms: dehumanise |
| dehumidify | (verb) make less humid | - |
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| delimit | (verb) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | Synonyms: delimitate, demarcate |
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| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimitate, delineate, specify |
| (verb) be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry | Synonyms: subtend |
| delimitate | (verb) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | Synonyms: delimit, demarcate |
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| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delineate, specify |
| demagnetise | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetize |
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| (verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetize |
| demagnetize | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetise |
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| (verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetise |
| demand | (verb) request urgently and forcefully | - |
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| (verb) claim as due or just | Synonyms: exact |
| (verb) summon to court | - |
| (verb) ask to be informed of | - |
| (verb) lay legal claim to | - |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take |
| demarcate | (verb) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | Synonyms: delimit, delimitate |
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| (verb) separate clearly, as if by boundaries | - |
| demasculinise | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinize, emasculate |
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| demasculinize | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, emasculate |
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| dematerialise | (verb) become immaterial; disappear | Synonyms: dematerialize |
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| dematerialize | (verb) become immaterial; disappear | Synonyms: dematerialise |
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| demean | (verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: degrade, disgrace, put down, take down |
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| demilitarise | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarize |
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| (verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarize, disarm |
| demilitarize | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarise |
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| (verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarise, disarm |
| demineralise | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralize |
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| demineralize | (verb) remove the minerals or salts from | Synonyms: demineralise |
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| demise | (verb) transfer by a lease or by a will | - |
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| demist | (verb) free from mist | Synonyms: defog |
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| demo | (verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demonstrate, exhibit, present, show |
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| demob | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demobilise, demobilize |
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| demobilise | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilize |
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| (verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilize, inactivate |
| demobilize | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilise |
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| (verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilise, inactivate |
| democratise | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratize |
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| (verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratize |
| democratize | (verb) become (more) democratic; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
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| (verb) introduce democratic reforms; of nations | Synonyms: democratise |
| demodulate | (verb) extract information from a modulated carrier wave | - |
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| demolish | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: destroy |
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| (verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: consume, devour, down, go through |
| (verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: pulverise, pulverize |
| (verb) ruin or destroy | - |
| demonetise | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetize |
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| demonetize | (verb) deprive of value for payment | Synonyms: demonetise |
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| demonise | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonize |
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| demonize | (verb) make into a demon | Synonyms: demonise |
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| demonstrate | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: establish, prove, shew, show |
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| (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, evidence, manifest |
| (verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, exhibit, present, show |
| (verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration | Synonyms: march |
| demoralise | (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
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| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
| demoralize | (verb) confuse or put into disorder | - |
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| (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
| demote | (verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank | Synonyms: break, bump, kick downstairs, relegate |
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| demulsify | (verb) break down into components | - |
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| (verb) cause to demulsify | - |
| demur | (verb) object to | Synonyms: except |
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| (verb) enter a demurrer | - |
| demyelinate | (verb) destroy the myelin sheath of | - |
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| demystify | (verb) make less mysterious or remove the mystery from | - |
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| demythologise | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologize |
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| demythologize | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologise |
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| denominate | (verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: designate |
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| deplumate | (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear |
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| deplume | (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, displume, pluck, pull, tear |
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| (verb) strip of honors, possessions, or attributes | Synonyms: displume |
| desquamate | (verb) peel off in scales | Synonyms: peel off |
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| determine | (verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something | Synonyms: decide, make up one's mind |
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| (verb) fix conclusively or authoritatively | Synonyms: set |
| (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: influence, mold, mould, regulate, shape |
| (verb) fix in scope; fix the boundaries of | - |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: ascertain, find, find out |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, check, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, fix, limit, set, specify |
| (verb) settle conclusively; come to terms | Synonyms: settle, square off, square up |
| diagram | (verb) make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | Synonyms: plot |
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| dichotomise | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomize |
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| dichotomize | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomise |
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| dim | (verb) make dim or lusterless | - |
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| (verb) become dim or lusterless | - |
| (verb) make dim by comparison or conceal | Synonyms: blind |
| (verb) become vague or indistinct | Synonyms: blur, slur |
| (verb) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam | Synonyms: dip |
| dimension | (verb) shape or form to required dimensions | - |
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| (verb) indicate the dimensions on | - |
| diminish | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, fall, lessen |
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| (verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of | Synonyms: belittle |
| dimple | (verb) produce dimples while smiling | - |
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| (verb) mark with, or as if with, dimples | - |
| disambiguate | (verb) state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from | - |
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| disarm | (verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarise, demilitarize |
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| (verb) take away the weapons from; render harmless | Synonyms: unarm |
| (verb) make less hostile; win over | - |
| disassemble | (verb) take apart into its constituent pieces | Synonyms: break apart, break up, dismantle, take apart |
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| disclaim | (verb) make a disclaimer about | - |
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| (verb) renounce a legal claim or title to | - |
| discombobulate | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, throw |
| discomfit | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discompose, disconcert, untune, upset |
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| discommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| discompose | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, disconcert, untune, upset |
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| discriminate | (verb) recognize or perceive the difference | Synonyms: know apart |
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| (verb) distinguish | - |
| (verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race | Synonyms: separate, single out |
| disembark | (verb) go ashore | Synonyms: debark, set down |
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| disembarrass | (verb) relieve from | Synonyms: free, rid |
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| disembody | (verb) free from a body or physical form or reality | - |
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| disembowel | (verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: draw, eviscerate |
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| disembroil | (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disentangle, disinvolve |
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| disencumber | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disentangle, extricate, untangle |
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| disesteem | (verb) have little or no respect for; hold in contempt | Synonyms: disrespect |
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| disharmonize | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: dissonate |
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| dismantle | (verb) take off or remove | Synonyms: strip |
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| (verb) take apart into its constituent pieces | Synonyms: break apart, break up, disassemble, take apart |
| (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down |
| dismay | (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appal, appall, horrify |
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| (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dispirit, get down |
| dismember | (verb) separate the limbs from the body | - |
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| (verb) divide into pieces | Synonyms: discerp, take apart |
| dismiss | (verb) declare void | Synonyms: dissolve |
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| (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, disregard, ignore, push aside |
| (verb) end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave | Synonyms: usher out |
| (verb) cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration | Synonyms: throw out |
| (verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate |
| (verb) stop associating with | Synonyms: drop, send away, send packing |
| dismount | (verb) alight from (a horse) | Synonyms: get down, get off, light, unhorse |
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| displume | (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, pluck, pull, tear |
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| (verb) strip of honors, possessions, or attributes | Synonyms: deplume |
| dissemble | (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: affect, feign, pretend, sham |
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| (verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly | Synonyms: act, pretend |
| (verb) hide under a false appearance | Synonyms: cloak, mask |
| disseminate | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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| dissimilate | (verb) become dissimilar or less similar | - |
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| (verb) make dissimilar; cause to become less similar | - |
| (verb) become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities | - |
| dissimulate | (verb) hide (feelings) from other people | - |
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| distemper | (verb) paint with distemper | - |
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| document | (verb) support or supply with references | - |
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| (verb) record in detail | - |