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Disobeying
- verb - refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"
Dispelling
- verb - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
- to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Dispensing
- verb - administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
- give or apply (medications)
- grant a dispensation; grant an exemption; "I was dispensed from this terrible task"
Dispersing
- verb - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
- cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
- distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
- move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
- Scatter
- separate (light) into spectral rays; "the prosm disperses light"
- to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Displacing
- verb - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
- cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
- take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
Displaying
- verb - attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals
- to show, make visible or apparent;
Displuming
- verb - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
- strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
Disporting
- verb - occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"
- play boisterously;
Disproving
- verb - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
Disrupting
- verb - interfere in someone else's activity; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"
- make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
- throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process"