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Desolations
- noun - a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"
- an event that results in total destruction
- sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
Desorptions
- noun - changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state
Detonations
- noun - a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- the act of detonating an explosive
Detractions
- noun - a petty disparagement
- the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"
Detractious
- - Containing detraction; detractory.
Devolutions
- noun - the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)
- the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
Dilatations
- noun - the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye"
- the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
Diminutions
- noun - change toward something smaller or lower
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
Discretions
- noun - freedom to act or judge on one's own
- knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
- refined taste; tact
- the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
- the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"
Disruptions
- noun - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
- an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
- the act of causing disorder