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verb

Leave or cause to leave a train.

Usage examples:

The train from loughborough will stop at quorn for passengers to detrain
verb

Leave or cause to leave a train.

Usage examples:

The train from loughborough will stop at quorn for passengers to detrain
verb

Remove (someone) from a traditional tribal social structure.

Usage examples:

These policies attempted to detribalize native people by extricating them from their land base
verb

Remove (someone) from a traditional tribal social structure.

Usage examples:

These policies attempted to detribalize native people by extricating them from their land base
verb

Remove (someone) from a traditional tribal social structure.

Usage examples:

These policies attempted to detribalize native people by extricating them from their land base
noun

The state of being harmed or damaged.

Usage examples:

He is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life
adjective

Tending to cause harm.

Usage examples:

Recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people
noun

The state of being harmed or damaged.

Usage examples:

He is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life
noun

The action of wearing something away by friction.

Usage examples:

Accurate reproduction of shadow masks is achieved with minimized detrition of the tooling.
noun

Waste or debris of any kind.

Usage examples:

The streets were foul with detritus
proper noun

A major industrial city and great lakes shipping centre in south-eastern michigan; population 912,062 (est. 2008). it is the centre of the us automobile industry, containing the headquarters of ford, chrysler, and general motors. in the 1960s, it was also an important centre for rock and soul music.

noun

The largest city in the northern us state of michigan, near the border with canada, and the centre of the us car industry

Usage examples:

It has become something detroit can't ignore., it's motor show time in detroit.
noun

Someone from the us city of detroit

Usage examples:

It's so nice to meet another detroiter!, the restaurant was popular among young detroiters.
noun

A muscle which forms a layer of the wall of the bladder.

Usage examples:

During normal voiding the detrusor muscle contracts and the muscles of the urethral sphincter and p…
noun

The process of subsiding from a state of tension, swelling, or (especially) sexual arousal.

verb

Cause (a musical instrument) to become out of tune.

Usage examples:

I'm off to detune my guitar and annoy the neighbours
verb

Cause (a musical instrument) to become out of tune.

Usage examples:

I'm off to detune my guitar and annoy the neighbours
verb

Cause (a musical instrument) to become out of tune.

Usage examples:

I'm off to detune my guitar and annoy the neighbours
proper noun

The son of prometheus. with his wife pyrrha he survived a flood sent by zeus to punish human wickedness; they were then instructed to throw stones over their shoulders, and these turned into humans to repopulate the world.

noun

The two on dice or playing cards.

Usage examples:

A doctored die having two deuces
adjective

Used for emphasis, especially to express disapproval or frustration.

Usage examples:

I sound like a deuced newspaper reporter
noun

The two on dice or playing cards.

Usage examples:

A doctored die having two deuces
noun

An unnatural or very unlikely end to a story or event, that solves or removes any problems too easily

idiom

An agent who appears unexpectedly to solve a difficulty

noun

An unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.

Usage examples:

In racine's account it is this second iphigenia who sacrifices herself; in this way racine avoided …
noun

The person second in importance to the protagonist in a drama.

Usage examples:

The first actor was the protagonist, the second the deuteragonist, and the third the tritagonist.
noun

A person suffering from deuteranopia.

Usage examples:

The major difference between protanopes and deuteranopes is in their sensitivity to colored lights.

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