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Desecrating
- verb - remove the consecration from a person or an object
- violate the sacred character of a place or language;
Desecration
- noun - blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"
Deselecting
- unknown - refusing to select an existing MP for re-election
discharging (a trainee) during the period of training
Desensitise
- verb - cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"
- make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
Desensitize
- verb - cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"
- make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
Desiccating
- verb - lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
- preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
- remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
Desiccation
- noun - dryness resulting from the removal of water
- the process of extracting moisture
Desiccative
- - Drying; tending to dry. Ferrand. -- n. (Med.) An application for drying up secretions.
Designating
- verb - assign a name or title to
- decree or designate beforehand;
- design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"