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De-Escalation
- noun - (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)
De-Iodinating
- adjective - removing iodine from
De-Iodination
- noun - the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds
Dead Metaphor
- noun - a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake')
- a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake'' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake'')
Deaminization
- noun - removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound
Death Chamber
- noun - instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals
Decarbonating
- verb - remove carbon dioxide from
Decardinalize
- - To depose from the rank of cardinal.
Decasyllables
- noun - a verse line having ten syllables
Decerebrating
- verb - remove the cerebrum from (a human body)