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Desparple
- - To scatter; to disparkle.
Desperado
- noun - a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
Desperate
- adjective - (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"
- a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"
- desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces mar
Deterrent
- adjective - A means of dissuasion
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices"
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"
Detouring
- verb - travel via a detour
Deuterium
- noun - an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)
Deuterons
- noun - the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
Devilries
- noun - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
- wicked and cruel behavior
Devitrify
- verb - become crystalline
- make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque