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Desolating
- verb - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
- reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
Despairing
- verb - abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"
Despoiling
- verb - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Desponding
- verb - lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election"
Dessiatine
- noun - a former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres
Destaining
- verb - remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast
Destroying
- verb - defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
- destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
- do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
- put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"
- ruins
Dethroning
- verb - remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"
Detonating
- verb - burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
- cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
- Explode
Detracting
- verb - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"