decontaminate
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～ rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city"
decontrol
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～ relax or remove controls of; "decontrol marijuana"
decorate
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～ be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
decorate
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～ provide with decoration; "dress the windows"
decorate
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～ award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to; "He was decorated for his services in the military"
decorate
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～ make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
decorticate
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～ remove the cortex of (an organ)
decorticate
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～ remove the outer layer of; "decorticate a tree branch"
decouple
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～ eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
decouple
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～ regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
decouple
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～ disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds"
decouple
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～ reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)
decoy
— Verb
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～ lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy
decrease
— Verb
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～ decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
decrease
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～ make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
decree
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～ decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
decree
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～ issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
decrepitate
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～ undergo decrepitation and crackle; "The salt decrepitated"
decrepitate
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～ to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts"
decrescendo
— Verb
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～ grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here"