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Detoxxing
- verb - treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic"
Detusking
- verb - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"
Devaluing
- verb - lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
- lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"
- remove the value from; deprive of its value
Deveining
- verb - remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)
Deviating
- verb - be at variance with; be out of line with
- cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
- turn aside; turn away from
Devil Dog
- noun - a member of the United States Marine Corps
Devilling
- verb - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
- coat or stuff with a spicy paste; "devilled eggs"
Devoicing
- verb - utter with tense vocal chords
Devolving
- verb - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
- grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
- pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
Devouring
- verb - (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"
- destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
- eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
- eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
- enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"