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Detecting
- verb - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "
Detection
- noun - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- the detection that a signal is being received
- the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure"
Detective
- noun - a police officer who investigates crimes
- an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
Detectors
- noun - any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
- electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
- rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
Detention
- noun - a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"
Detesting
- verb - dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"
- Hate
Detortion
- - The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.
Detrition
- noun - effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
- erosion by friction
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Devastate
- verb - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"