degaussing
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～ the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field
degeneracy
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～ the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
degeneracy
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～ moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
degenerate
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～ grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
degenerate
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～ unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
degenerate
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～ a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
degeneration
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～ the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
degeneration
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～ passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
degeneration
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～ the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
degenerative
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～ (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function; "degenerative diseases of old age"
degenerative arthritis
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～ chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
deglaze
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～ dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring
deglutition
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～ the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
deglycerolise
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～ remove from glycerol
deglycerolize
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～ remove from glycerol
degradation
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～ changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
degradation
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～ a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
degrade
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～ lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
degrade
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～ reduce the level of land, as by erosion
degrade
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～ reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"