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Decaying
- verb - fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
- lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
- undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
Deciding
- verb - bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
- cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!"
- having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"
- influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
- reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
- the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
Decoding
- verb - convert code into ordinary language
- the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption"
Decoking
- verb - remove carbon from (an engine)
Decoying
- verb - lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
Decrying
- verb - express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
Deducing
- verb -
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Defacing
- verb - mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
Defaming
- 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
Defiling
- verb - 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"