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Decries
- verb - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
Deduces
- verb -
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Defaces
- verb - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
Defames
- verb - attack the reputation of
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
- Insult
Defiles
- noun - a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
- spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
Defines
- verb - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- determine the essential quality of
- determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
- give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
- show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
Defuses
- verb - remove the triggering device from
Degrees
- noun - a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a circle"
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
- a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
- an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude"
- the highest power of a term or variable
- the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
Deifies
- verb - consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success"
- exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"