Worder Dictionary

English words starting with dese

Desecrate

ˈdes.ɪ.kreɪt

Meanings of Desecrate:

verb

Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.

Usage examples:

More than 300 graves were desecrated

Meanings of Desecrated:

verb

Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.

Usage examples:

More than 300 graves were desecrated

Meanings of Desecrates:

verb

Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.

Usage examples:

More than 300 graves were desecrated

Meanings of Desecrating:

verb

Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect.

Usage examples:

More than 300 graves were desecrated

Meanings of Desecration:

noun

The action of desecrating something.

Usage examples:

The desecration of a grave

Meanings of Desecrations:

noun

The action of desecrating something.

Usage examples:

The desecration of a grave

Meanings of Deseed:

verb

Remove the seeds from (a plant, vegetable, or fruit).

Usage examples:

Have you deseeded the chillies?
noun

A small, usually hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow

Usage examples:

A good defense lawyer knows how to plant these little seeds of doubt in the minds of jurors., we se…

Meanings of Desegregate:

verb

End a policy of racial segregation in.

Usage examples:

Actions to desegregate schools

Meanings of Desegregated:

verb

End a policy of racial segregation in.

Usage examples:

Actions to desegregate schools

Meanings of Desegregates:

verb

End a policy of racial segregation in.

Usage examples:

Actions to desegregate schools

Meanings of Desegregating:

verb

End a policy of racial segregation in.

Usage examples:

Actions to desegregate schools

Meanings of Desegregation:

noun

The ending of a policy of racial segregation.

Usage examples:

He wrote editorials calling for the desegregation of schools

Meanings of Deselect:

verb

Turn off (a selected option) on an electronic interface.

Usage examples:

Deselect the save changes option for normal use

Meanings of Deselected:

verb

Turn off (a selected option) on an electronic interface.

Usage examples:

Deselect the save changes option for normal use

Deselecting

ˌdiː.səˈlekt

Meanings of Deselecting:

verb

Turn off (a selected option) on an electronic interface.

Usage examples:

Deselect the save changes option for normal use

Meanings of Deselects:

verb

Turn off (a selected option) on an electronic interface.

Usage examples:

Deselect the save changes option for normal use

Meanings of Desensitization:

noun

The process of causing someone to experience something, usually an emotion or a pain, less strongly than before

Usage examples:

He discusses our culture's desensitization to violence from so much exposure in movies, video games…

Meanings of Desensitize:

verb

Make less sensitive.

Usage examples:

Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection

Meanings of Desensitized:

adjective

Having been made less sensitive.

Usage examples:

Desensitized taste buds
verb

Make less sensitive.

Usage examples:

Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection

Meanings of Desensitizes:

verb

Make less sensitive.

Usage examples:

Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection

Meanings of Desensitizing:

verb

Make less sensitive.

Usage examples:

Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection

Meanings of Desert:

verb

Abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.

Usage examples:

We feel our public representatives have deserted us
noun

A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand.

Usage examples:

The desert of the sinai peninsula is a harsh place
adjective

Like a desert.

Usage examples:

Overgrazing has created desert conditions

Meanings of Desert-boot:

noun

A boot that stops at the ankle, usually made of suede (= a type of leather) and tied with laces

Meanings of Deserted:

adjective

(of a place) empty of people.

Usage examples:

Deserted beaches of soft sand
verb

Abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.

Usage examples:

We feel our public representatives have deserted us

Meanings of Deserter:

noun

A member of the armed forces who deserts.

Usage examples:

Deserters from the army

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