deftly
— Adverb
– English
～ with dexterity; in a dexterous manner; "dextrously he untied the knots"
deftness
— Noun
– English
～ skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
defunct
— Adjective
– English
～ having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"
defunct
— Adjective
– English
～ no longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct law"; "a defunct organization"
defunctness
— Noun
– English
～ no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
defuse
— Verb
– English
～ remove the triggering device from
defusing
— Noun
– English
～ the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
defy
— Verb
– English
～ elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
defy
— Verb
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～ resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"
degage
— Adjective
– English
～ showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"
degage
— Adjective
– English
～ free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson
degas
— Noun
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～ French impressionist painter (1834-1917)
degauss
— Verb
– English
～ make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship"
degaussing
— Noun
– English
～ the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field
degeneracy
— Noun
– English
～ the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
degeneracy
— Noun
– English
～ 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
— Verb
– English
～ grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
degenerate
— Adjective
– English
～ unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"