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Confract
- - Broken in pieces; severed.
Contract
- noun - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
- a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
- become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
- compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
- engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers for the next season"
- enter into a contractual arrangement
- make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
- make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manus
Delbruck
- noun - United States biologist (born in Germany) who studied how viruses infect living cells (1906-1981)
Destruct
- verb - destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
- do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
Dietrich
- noun - United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)
Diffract
- verb - undergo diffraction; "laser light diffracts electrons"
Disgrace
- noun - a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
- bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
- damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"
- Public shame
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
Distract
- verb - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"
- draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"