| DECENTRALIZE | • decentralize v. To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points. • decentralize v. To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies. • DECENTRALIZE v. to withdraw from the centre, also DECENTRALISE. |
| DEEPFREEZING | • deep-freezing v. Present participle of deep-freeze. • DEEPFREEZE v. to freeze or keep as in a deepfreeze. |
| DEGENDERIZED | • degenderized v. Simple past tense and past participle of degenderize. |
| DEGENDERIZES | • degenderizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degenderize. |
| DEMAGNETIZER | • demagnetizer n. Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization. • DEMAGNETIZER n. a device for demagnetizing, also DEMAGNETISER. |
| DEMINERALIZE | • demineralize v. (Transitive) To remove minerals or mineral salts from (a liquid). • DEMINERALIZE v. to remove the minerals from, also DEMINERALISE. |
| DEMONETARIZE | • demonetarize v. (Transitive) To withdraw the monetary status of. • DEMONETARIZE v. to abandon as a monetary standard, also DEMONETARISE. |
| DENUCLEARIZE | • denuclearize v. (Transitive) To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area. • DENUCLEARIZE v. to make nonnuclear, also DENUCLEARISE. |
| DERECOGNIZED | • derecognized v. Simple past tense and past participle of derecognize. • DERECOGNIZE v. to withdraw recognition from (esp. a trade union), also DERECOGNISE. |
| DERECOGNIZES | • derecognizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derecognize. • DERECOGNIZE v. to withdraw recognition from (esp. a trade union), also DERECOGNISE. |
| DESENSITIZER | • desensitizer n. Anything that desensitizes. • desensitizer n. Any substance applied to the non-image part of a lithographic plate so that ink will not stick to it. • DESENSITIZER n. an agent that desensitizes, also DESENSITISER. |
| EXTERNALIZED | • externalized v. Simple past tense and past participle of externalize. • EXTERNALIZE v. to make external, also EXTERNALISE. |
| RESENSITIZED | • resensitized v. Simple past tense and past participle of resensitize. • resensitized adj. Sensitized again (especially following desensitization). • RESENSITIZE v. to sensitize again. |
| ROENTGENIZED | • roentgenized v. Simple past tense and past participle of roentgenize. • ROENTGENIZE v. to bombard with X-rays, also ROENTGENISE. |