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De-Aerate
- verb - remove air or gas from
Deadening
- verb - become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
- lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
- make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
- so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters i
Deafening
- verb - be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"
- loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
- make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"
- make soundproof; "deafen a room"
Deaneries
- noun - the official residence of a dean
- the position or office of a dean
Decreased
- verb - decrease in size, extent, or range;
- made less in size or amount or degree
- make smaller; "
Decreases
- noun - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
- a process of becoming smaller or shorter
- decrease in size, extent, or range;
- Diminish
- make smaller; "
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- the amount by which something decreases
- to get smaller
Decreeing
- verb - decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
- issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
Decrement
- noun - a process of becoming smaller or shorter
- the amount by which something decreases
Decretist
- - One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.