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Dambose
- - A crystalline variety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite.
Decease
- noun - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
- the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
Defense
- noun - (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies; "they died in the defense of Stalingrad"; "they were developed for the defense program"
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense"
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
- a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
- an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack; "he joined the defense against invasion"
- protection from harm; "sanitation is the best defense against disease"
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury; "a good boxer needs a good defense"; "defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem"
Delapse
- - To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
Delouse
- verb - free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"
Dephase
- - To put out of phase, as two parts of a single alternating current.
Despise
- verb - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
- to hate