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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.
Decretive
- - Having the force of a decree; determining.
Decretory
- - Established by a decree; definitive; settled.
Deepening
- verb - a process of becoming deeper and more profound
- accumulating and becoming more intense; "the deepening gloom"; "felt a deepening love"; "the thickening dusk"
- become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
- become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
- make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
Defaecate
- unknown - to empty one's bowels
Deflected
- verb - draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
- to turn or cause to turn aside from a course; swerve
- turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Deflector
- noun - a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)