detain
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～ deprive of freedom; take into confinement
detain
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～ cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
detain
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～ stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
detect
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～ discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
deter
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～ turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
deter
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～ try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
deterge
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～ wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body; "This drug is powerful enough to deterge"
deteriorate
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～ grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
deteriorate
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～ become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"
determine
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～ settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument"
determine
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～ fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property"
determine
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～ reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
determine
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～ decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
determine
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～ find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
determine
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～ establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
determine
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～ shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"