desire
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～ expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
desist
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～ choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
desolate
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～ reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
desolate
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～ leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
desolate
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～ cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
desorb
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～ go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
desorb
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～ remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed; "the substance was desorbed"
despair
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～ abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
despatch
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～ send away towards a designated goal
despise
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～ look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
despoil
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～ destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
despoil
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～ steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
despond
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～ lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election"