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Detainments
- noun - 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"
Devaluating
- verb - lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
- remove the value from; deprive of its value
Devaluation
- noun - an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries
- the reduction of something's value or worth
Devastating
- verb - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
- physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"
- wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
Devastation
- noun - an event that results in total destruction
- plundering with excessive damage and destruction
- the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation"
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
- the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
Dewar Flask
- noun - vacuum flask that holds liquid air or helium for scientific experiments
Dicamptodon
- noun - salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year
Didacticism
- noun - communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive; "the didacticism expected in books for the young"; "the didacticism of the 19th century gave birth to many great museums"
Didactylous
- - Having only two digits; two-toed.