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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denationalise | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalize |
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denationalize | (verb) put under private control or ownership | Synonyms: denationalise |
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denaturalise | (verb) strip of the rights and duties of citizenship | Synonyms: denaturalize |
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(verb) make less natural or unnatural | Synonyms: denaturalize |
denaturalize | (verb) strip of the rights and duties of citizenship | Synonyms: denaturalise |
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(verb) make less natural or unnatural | Synonyms: denaturalise |
denature | (verb) make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes | - |
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(verb) modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished | - |
(verb) add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb | - |
denazify | (verb) free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance | - |
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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 |
denitrify | (verb) remove nitrogen from | - |
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denominate | (verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: designate |
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denote | (verb) have as a meaning | Synonyms: refer |
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(verb) be a sign or indication of | - |
(verb) make known; make an announcement | Synonyms: announce |
denounce | (verb) speak out against | - |
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(verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
(verb) announce the termination of, as of treaties | - |
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, mark, stigmatise, stigmatize |
dent | (verb) make a depression into | Synonyms: indent |
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denudate | (verb) lay bare | Synonyms: bare, denude, strip |
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denude | (verb) lay bare | Synonyms: bare, denudate, strip |
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deny | (verb) declare untrue; contradict | - |
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(verb) refuse to accept or believe | - |
(verb) refuse to recognize or acknowledge | - |
(verb) deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit | Synonyms: traverse |
(verb) refuse to let have | Synonyms: refuse |
(verb) refuse to grant, as of a petition or request | - |
(verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure | Synonyms: abnegate |
deodorise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorize, deodourise |
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deodorize | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorise, deodourise |
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deodourise | (verb) eliminate the odor from | Synonyms: deodorise, deodorize |
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deoxidise | (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons | Synonyms: deoxidize, reduce |
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deoxidize | (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons | Synonyms: deoxidise, reduce |
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deoxygenate | (verb) remove oxygen from (water) | - |
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depart | (verb) go away or leave | Synonyms: quit, take leave |
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(verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off |
(verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: digress, sidetrack, straggle |
(verb) move away from a place into another direction | Synonyms: go, go away |
(verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in | Synonyms: leave, pull up stakes |
(verb) be at variance with; be out of line with | Synonyms: deviate, diverge, vary |
depend | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, look, reckon, rely, swear |
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(verb) be contingent upon (something that is elided) | - |
depersonalise | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalize, objectify |
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depersonalize | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, objectify |
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depict | (verb) give a description of | Synonyms: describe, draw |
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(verb) show in, or as in, a picture | Synonyms: picture, render, show |
(verb) make a portrait of | Synonyms: limn, portray |
depilate | (verb) remove body hair | Synonyms: epilate |
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deplane | (verb) get off an airplane | - |
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deplete | (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
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deplore | (verb) express strong condemnation of | - |
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(verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, lament |
deploy | (verb) to distribute systematically or strategically | Synonyms: roll out |
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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 |
depolarise | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarize |
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depolarize | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarise |
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depone | (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depose, swear |
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depopulate | (verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: desolate |
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deport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, do |
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(verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: exile, expatriate |
(verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, extradite |
depose | (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depone, swear |
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(verb) force to leave (an office) | Synonyms: force out |
deposit | (verb) put, fix, force, or implant | Synonyms: lodge, stick, wedge |
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(verb) put (something somewhere) firmly | Synonyms: fix, posit, situate |
(verb) put into a bank account | Synonyms: bank |
deprave | (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
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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 |
depress | (verb) lessen the activity or force of | - |
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(verb) press down | Synonyms: press down |
(verb) cause to drop or sink | Synonyms: lower |
(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down |
(verb) lower (prices or markets) | - |
depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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deprive | (verb) take away | Synonyms: impoverish |
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(verb) keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | - |
(verb) take away possessions from someone | Synonyms: divest, strip |
depute | (verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: delegate |
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(verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize |
(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, designate |
deputise | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputize |
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(verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputize, step in, substitute |
deputize | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputise |
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(verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, step in, substitute |
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 |
derail | (verb) run off or leave the rails | Synonyms: jump |
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(verb) cause to run off the tracks | - |
derange | (verb) throw into great confusion or disorder | Synonyms: perturb, throw out of kilter |
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(verb) derange mentally, throw out of mental balance; make insane | Synonyms: unbalance |
derate | (verb) lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus | - |
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derecognise | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognize |
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derecognize | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: decertify, derecognise |
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deregulate | (verb) lift the regulations on | - |
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derequisition | (verb) release from government control | - |
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derestrict | (verb) make free from restrictions | - |
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deride | (verb) treat or speak of with contempt | - |
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derive | (verb) develop or evolve from a latent or potential state | Synonyms: educe |
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(verb) obtain from a particular source | - |
(verb) reason by deduction; establish by deduction | Synonyms: deduce, deduct, infer |
(verb) obtain | Synonyms: gain |
(verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | Synonyms: come, descend |
derogate | (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, minimize |
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desacralize | (verb) transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control | Synonyms: secularize |
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desalinate | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinise, desalinize, desalt |
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desalinise | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinize, desalt |
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desalinize | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalt |
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desalt | (verb) remove salt from | Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalinize |
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descale | (verb) remove the scales from | Synonyms: scale |
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descant | (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: warble, yodel |
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(verb) talk at great length about something of one's interest | - |
(verb) sing in descant | - |
descend | (verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: fall, settle |
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(verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | Synonyms: come down, fall, go down |
(verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: condescend, deign |
(verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | Synonyms: come, derive |