dechlorinate | (verb) remove chlorine from (water) | - |
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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 | - |
decollate | (verb) cut the head of | Synonyms: behead, decapitate |
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deconcentrate | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, decentralize |
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deconsecrate | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: desecrate, unhallow |
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decontaminate | (verb) rid of contamination | - |
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decorate | (verb) provide with decoration | Synonyms: dress |
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(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, embellish, grace, ornament |
(verb) award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to | - |
(verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, embellish, grace |
decorticate | (verb) remove the cortex of (an organ) | - |
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(verb) remove the outer layer of | - |
decrepitate | (verb) to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops | - |
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(verb) undergo decrepitation and crackle | - |
decussate | (verb) cross or intersect so as to form a cross | - |
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dedicate | (verb) set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church | - |
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(verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: commit, consecrate, devote, give |
(verb) inscribe or address by way of compliment | - |
(verb) open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building | - |
dedifferentiate | (verb) lose specialization in form or function | - |
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defalcate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate |
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defecate | (verb) have a bowel movement | Synonyms: ca-ca, crap, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit |
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defenestrate | (verb) throw through or out of the window | - |
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defibrillate | (verb) stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks | - |
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defibrinate | (verb) remove fibrin from (blood) | - |
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deflagrate | (verb) burn with great heat and intense light | - |
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(verb) cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity | - |
deflate | (verb) become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air | - |
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(verb) reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices | - |
(verb) produce deflation in | - |
(verb) reduce or lessen the size or importance of | Synonyms: puncture |
(verb) release contained air or gas from | - |
(verb) collapse by releasing contained air or gas | - |
defoliate | (verb) strip the leaves or branches from | - |
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degenerate | (verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: deteriorate, devolve, drop |
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dehydrate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: desiccate, dry up, exsiccate |
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(verb) remove water from | Synonyms: desiccate |
(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from | Synonyms: desiccate |
dehydrogenate | (verb) remove hydrogen from | - |
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delegate | (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, depute, designate |
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(verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: depute |
deliberate | (verb) discuss the pros and cons of an issue | Synonyms: debate |
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(verb) think about carefully; weigh | Synonyms: consider, debate, moot, turn over |
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 |
delineate | (verb) describe in vivid detail | - |
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(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: describe, draw, line, trace |
(verb) trace the shape of | Synonyms: limn, outline |
(verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, specify |
(verb) show the form or outline of | Synonyms: define |
demarcate | (verb) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | Synonyms: delimit, delimitate |
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(verb) separate clearly, as if by boundaries | - |
demodulate | (verb) extract information from a modulated carrier wave | - |
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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 |
demyelinate | (verb) destroy the myelin sheath of | - |
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denigrate | (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, derogate, minimize |
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(verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
denominate | (verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: designate |
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denudate | (verb) lay bare | Synonyms: bare, denude, strip |
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deoxygenate | (verb) remove oxygen from (water) | - |
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depilate | (verb) remove body hair | Synonyms: epilate |
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deplumate | (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear |
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depopulate | (verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: desolate |
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deprecate | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: depreciate, vilipend |
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(verb) express strong disapproval of; deplore | - |
depreciate | (verb) lose in value | Synonyms: devaluate, devalue, undervalue |
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(verb) lower the value of something | - |
(verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, vilipend |
deracinate | (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: extirpate, root out, uproot |
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(verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment | Synonyms: uproot |
derate | (verb) lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus | - |
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deregulate | (verb) lift the regulations on | - |
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derogate | (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, minimize |
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desalinate | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinise, desalinize, desalt |
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desecrate | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: deconsecrate, unhallow |
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(verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: outrage, profane, violate |
desegregate | (verb) open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups | Synonyms: integrate, mix |
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desiccate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: dehydrate, dry up, exsiccate |
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(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
(verb) remove water from | Synonyms: dehydrate |
designate | (verb) design or destine | Synonyms: destine, intend, specify |
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(verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: denominate |
(verb) decree or designate beforehand | Synonyms: destine, doom, fate |
(verb) indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively | Synonyms: indicate, point, show |
(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, depute |
desolate | (verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: depopulate |
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(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste |
(verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: abandon, desert, forsake |
desquamate | (verb) peel off in scales | Synonyms: peel off |
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deteriorate | (verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: degenerate, devolve, drop |
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(verb) become worse or disintegrate | - |
detonate | (verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy | Synonyms: blow up, explode, set off |
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(verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | Synonyms: blow up, explode |
detoxicate | (verb) remove poison from | Synonyms: detoxify |
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devaluate | (verb) lose in value | Synonyms: depreciate, devalue, undervalue |
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(verb) remove the value from; deprive of its value | Synonyms: devalue |
devastate | (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste |
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(verb) overwhelm or overpower | - |
deviate | (verb) turn aside; turn away from | Synonyms: divert |
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(verb) cause to turn away from a previous or expected course | - |
(verb) be at variance with; be out of line with | Synonyms: depart, diverge, vary |
dictate | (verb) say out loud for the purpose of recording | - |
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(verb) issue commands or orders for | Synonyms: order, prescribe |
(verb) rule as a dictator | - |
differentiate | (verb) become distinct and acquire a different character | - |
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(verb) become different during development | - |
(verb) evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment | Synonyms: specialise, specialize, speciate |
(verb) calculate a derivative; take the derivative | - |
(verb) mark as different | Synonyms: distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
(verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: distinguish, mark |
dilapidate | (verb) fall into decay or ruin | Synonyms: crumble, decay |
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(verb) bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse | - |
dilate | (verb) become wider | Synonyms: distend |
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(verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
disambiguate | (verb) state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from | - |
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disarticulate | (verb) separate at the joints | Synonyms: disjoint |
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disassociate | (verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce |
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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 |
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 |
disincarnate | (verb) make immaterial; remove the real essence of | - |
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disintegrate | (verb) break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity | - |
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(verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, decompose |
(verb) cause to undergo fission or lose particles | - |
dislocate | (verb) move out of position | Synonyms: luxate, slip, splay |
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(verb) put out of its usual place, position, or relationship | - |
disorientate | (verb) cause to be lost or disoriented | Synonyms: disorient |
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disseminate | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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dissertate | (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: discourse, hold forth |
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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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dissipate | (verb) spend frivolously and unwisely | Synonyms: fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot |
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(verb) move away from each other | Synonyms: disperse, scatter, spread out |
(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions | Synonyms: break up, dispel, disperse, scatter |
(verb) live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption | - |
dissociate | (verb) to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms | - |
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(verb) regard as unconnected | Synonyms: decouple |
(verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce |
dissonate | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: disharmonize |
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(verb) be dissonant or harsh | - |
divagate | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: digress, stray, wander |
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divaricate | (verb) spread apart | - |
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(verb) branch off | - |
domesticate | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
(verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: tame |
domiciliate | (verb) provide someone with accomodation | Synonyms: house, put up |
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(verb) make one's home in a particular place or community | Synonyms: domicile, reside, shack |
dominate | (verb) have dominance or the power to defeat over | Synonyms: master |
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(verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: predominate, prevail, reign, rule |
(verb) be in control | - |
(verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, overlook, overtop |
(verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: eclipse, overshadow |
donate | (verb) give to a charity or good cause | - |
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dulcorate | (verb) make sweeter in taste | Synonyms: dulcify, edulcorate, sweeten |
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duplicate | (verb) increase twofold | Synonyms: double |
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(verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: double, reduplicate, repeat, replicate |
(verb) make a duplicate or duplicates of | - |
(verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: parallel, twin |
educate | (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, prepare, train |
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(verb) give an education to | - |
(verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, civilize, cultivate, school, train |
edulcorate | (verb) make sweeter in taste | Synonyms: dulcify, dulcorate, sweeten |
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effectuate | (verb) produce | Synonyms: effect, set up |
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ejaculate | (verb) eject semen | - |
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(verb) utter impulsively | Synonyms: blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out |
elaborate | (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: complicate, rarify, refine |
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(verb) work out in detail | Synonyms: work out |
(verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate |
(verb) produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product | - |
elate | (verb) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | Synonyms: intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift |
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electroplate | (verb) coat with metal by electrolysis | - |
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elevate | (verb) raise in rank or condition | Synonyms: lift, raise |
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(verb) raise from a lower to a higher position | Synonyms: bring up, get up, lift, raise |
(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: advance, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade |
eliminate | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: egest, excrete, pass |
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(verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out |
(verb) terminate, end, or take out | Synonyms: do away with, extinguish, get rid of |
(verb) remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | - |
(verb) dismiss from consideration or a contest | Synonyms: reject, rule out, winnow out |
(verb) remove from a contest or race | - |
(verb) get rid of something | Synonyms: obviate, rid of |
elongate | (verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching | Synonyms: stretch |
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elucidate | (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
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(verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible | Synonyms: clarify, clear up |
emaciate | (verb) grow weak and thin or waste away physically | - |
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(verb) cause to grow thin or weak | Synonyms: macerate, waste |
emanate | (verb) give out (breath or an odor) | Synonyms: exhale, give forth |
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(verb) proceed or issue forth, as from a source | - |
emancipate | (verb) free from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: manumit |
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(verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities | Synonyms: liberate |
emasculate | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize |
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(verb) deprive of strength or vigor | Synonyms: castrate |