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121debrief — verb (T) to talk to someone to get information from them after they have done a job that you told them to do: The returning bomber crews were debriefed. compare brief 3 debriefing noun (U) …
122defrost — verb 1 if frozen food defrosts, or if you defrost it, it gets warmer until it is not frozen 2 (I, T) if a freezer or refrigerator defrosts, or if you defrost it, it is turned off so that the ice inside it melts 3 (T) AmE to remove ice from inside …
123disable — verb (T) 1 (often passive) to make someone unable to use a part of their body properly: Carter was permanently disabled in the war. 2 to deliberately make a machine or piece of equipment impossible to use: This system is designed to destroy or… …
124disaffiliate — verb (intransitive, transitive + from) if an organization disaffiliates from another organization or is disaffiliated from it, it breaks the official connection it has with it compare affiliate 1 …
125disbar — verb disbarred, disbarring (T) to make a lawyer leave the bar (bar2 (8)) or the legal profession compare debar disbarment noun (U) …
126dislodge — verb (T) 1 to force or knock something out of its position: Ian dislodged a few stones as he climbed up the rock. 2 to make someone leave a place or lose a position of power: the revolution that failed to dislodge the British in 1919 compare… …
127dissuade — verb (T) to persuade somebody not to do something: dissuade sb from doing sth: a campaign to dissuade young people from smoking compare persuade dissuasion /di sweIZFn/ noun (U) …
128domesticate — verb (T) to make an animal able to live with people as a pet or work for them on a farm compare tame 2 (2) domestication noun (U) …
