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Detaining
- verb - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
Detecting
- verb - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "
Detection
- noun - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- the detection that a signal is being received
- the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure"
Detective
- noun - a police officer who investigates crimes
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
Detention
- noun - a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"
Deterging
- verb - wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body; "This drug is powerful enough to deterge"
Determine
- verb -
- decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
- fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
- fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property"
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
- settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument"
- shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
Deterring
- verb - try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
- turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
Detersion
- - The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.
Detersive
- adjective - having cleansing power