de-energize
1: deprive of energy [syn: {de-energise}] [ant: {stimulate}, {stimulate}]
de-escalate
1: diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time" 2: reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis" [syn: {weaken}, {step down...
de-escalation
1: (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)
de-ice
1: make or become free of frost or ice; "Defrost the car window" [syn: {defrost}, {deice}]
de-iodinase
1: an enzyme that removes the iodine radical
de-iodinate
1: remove iodine from; "de-iodinate the thyroxine" [ant: {iodinate}]
de-iodination
1: the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds
de-ionate
1: remove ions from; "ionate thyroxine" [ant: {ionate}]
de-Nazification
1: social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism; "denazification was a slow process" [syn: {denazification}]
de-Stalinisation
1: social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor; "his statue was demolished as ...
de-Stalinization
1: social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor; "his statue was demolished as ...
DEA
1: federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations [syn: {Drug Enforcement Administrat...
deaccession
1: sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works; "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter"
deacon
1: a Protestant layman who assists the minister [syn: {Protestant deacon}] 2: a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders
deactivate
1: remove from active military status or reassign; "The men were deactivated after five years of service" 2: make inactive; "they deactivated the file" [syn: {inactivate}] [ant: {activate}]
deactivation
1: breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) [syn: {inactivation}] 2: the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) [syn: {defusing}] [ant: {activation}]
dead
1: no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" [ant: {alive(p)}] 2: not showing characteristics o...
dead ahead
1: exactly ahead or in front; "the laboratory is dead ahead"
dead air
1: an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
dead axle
1: an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it
dead body
1: body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake" [syn: {body}]
dead center
1: the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque [syn: {dead centre}]
dead centre
1: the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque [syn: {dead center}]
dead drop
1: a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information; "a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time"
dead duck
1: something doomed to failure; "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck"
dead end
1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: {cul}, {cul de sac}] 2: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: {deadl...
dead hand
1: real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) [syn: {mortmain}] 2: the oppressive influence of past events of decisions [syn: {dead hand of the past}, {mortmain}]
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dead hand of the past
1: the oppressive influence of past events of decisions [syn: {dead hand}, {mortmain}]
dead language
1: a language that is no longer learned as a native language
dead letter
1: the state of something that has outlived its relevance [syn: {non-issue}] 2: mail that can neither be delivered nor returned [syn: {dead mail}]
dead load
1: a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself
dead mail
1: mail that can neither be delivered nor returned [syn: {dead letter}]
dead march
1: a slow march to be played for funeral processions [syn: {funeral march}]
dead metaphor
1: a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sen...
dead nettle
1: foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome [syn: {hedge nettle}, {Stachys sylvatica}] 2: any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purpli...
dead on target
1: accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target" [syn: {true}]
dead person
1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: {dead soul}, {deceased person}, {deceased}, {decedent}, {departed}]
dead reckoning
1: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: {guess}, {guesswork}, {guessing}, {shot}] 2: navigation without the aid of celestial observations
dead ringer
1: a person who is almost identical to another [syn: {ringer}, {clone}]
dead room
1: a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation [syn: {morgue}, {mortuary}]
Dead Sea
1: a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level
Dead Sea scrolls
1: (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s; "the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Jud...
dead set
1: fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" [syn: {bent}, {bent on(p)}, {dead set(p)}, {intent on(p)}, {out to(p)}]
dead soul
1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {deceased person}, {deceased}, {decedent}, {departed}]
dead weight
1: an oppressive encumbrance 2: a heavy motionless weight
dead-end
1: lacking opportunities for development or advancement; "stuck in a dead-end job"
dead-end street
1: a street with only one way in or out [syn: {blind alley}, {cul de sac}, {impasse}]
dead-man's float
1: a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward [syn: {prone float}]
dead-man's-fingers
1: the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria [syn: {dead-men's-fingers}, {Xylaria polymorpha}]
dead-men's-fingers
1: the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria [syn: {dead-man's-fingers}, {Xylaria polymorpha}]
dead-on
1: accurate and to the point; "a dead-on feel for characterization"; "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott [syn: {dead-on(a)}]
deadbeat
1: someone who fails to meet a financial obligation [syn: {defaulter}]
deadbeat dad
1: a father who defaults on his obligation to provide financial support for his offspring
deadbolt
1: the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key [syn: {bolt}]
deaden
1: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" [syn: {dampen}, {damp}] 2: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "gir...
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