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2 : DIVERT

— de·trac·tor noun

de·trac·tion noun : a lessening of reputation or esteem esp. by envious, malicious, or petty criticism

Synonyms

deprecation, depreciation, disparagement, put-down—more at DEPRECIATION

de·train verb : to leave or cause to leave a railroad train

det·ri·ment noun 1 : hurt, damage, or loss sustained

2 : a cause of injury or damage

Synonyms

damage, harm, hurt, injury—more at INJURY

det·ri·men·tal adjective : obviously harmful

— det·ri·men·tal·ly adverb

Synonyms

adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, deleterious, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial—more at HARMFUL

de·tri·tus noun, plural de·tri·tus : fragments resulting from disintegration (as of rocks) : DEBRIS

deuce noun 1 : a two in cards or dice

2 : a tie in a tennis game with both sides at 40

3 : DEVIL — used chiefly as a mild oath

Deut abbreviation Deuteronomy

deu·te·ri·um noun : an isotope of hydrogen that has twice the mass of ordinary hydrogen

Deu·ter·on·o·my noun : a book of Jewish and Christian Scripture

deut·sche mark noun : a former monetary unit of Germany

dev abbreviation deviation

de·val·ue verb : to reduce the international exchange value of <~ a currency>

— de·val·u·a·tion noun

dev·as·tate verb -tat·ed; -tat·ing 1 : to bring to ruin

2 : to reduce to chaos or helplessness

Synonyms

[1] destroy, ravage, ruin, scourge—more at RAVAGE

[2] carry away, crush, floor, oppress, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, prostrate, snow under, swamp—more at OVERWHELM

devastating adjective : serving, tending, or having the power to devastate

Synonyms

calamitous, destructive, disastrous, ruinous—more at DESTRUCTIVE

dev·as·ta·tion noun : the action of devastating or state of being devastated

Synonyms

annihilation, demolition, desolation, destruction, havoc, loss, obliteration, ruin, wastage, wreckage—more at DESTRUCTION

de·vel·op verb 1 : to unfold gradually or in detail

2 : to place (exposed photographic material) in chemicals to produce a visible image

3 : to bring out the possibilities of

4 : to make more available or usable <~ land>

5 : to acquire gradually <~ a taste for olives>

6 : to go through a natural process of growth, differentiation, or evolution

7 : to come into being gradually

Synonyms

[1] amplify, elaborate, enlarge, expand—more at EXPAND

[5] acquire, cultivate, form; also gain, get, obtain; achieve, attain, reach; foster, nourish, nurture, promote

Antonyms

lose

[6] age, grow, grow up, mature, progress, ripen—more at MATURE

de·vel·op·er noun : one that develops something new

Synonyms

designer, innovator, inventor, originator—more at INVENTOR

de·vel·op·ment noun : the act, process, or result of developing

— de·vel·op·men·tal adjective

— de·vel·op·men·tal·ly adverb

Synonyms

elaboration, evolution, expansion, growth, maturation, progress, progression; also advancement, betterment, improvement, perfection, refinement

Antonyms

regression, retrogression

aftermath, conclusion, consequence, corollary, effect, fate, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result, resultant, sequence, upshot—more at EFFECT

1deviant adjective : deviating esp. from some accepted norm <~ behavior>

— de·vi·ance noun

— de·vi·an·cy noun

Synonyms

aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, atypical, irregular, unnatural; also extraordinary, preternatural; rare, uncommon, uncustomary, unusual, unwonted; odd, peculiar, strange, weird

Antonyms

natural, normal, regular, standard, typical

2deviant noun : one that is deviant

Synonyms

bohemian, individualist, loner, maverick, nonconformist—more at NONCONFORMIST

de·vi·ate verb -at·ed; -at·ing [ORIGIN: LL deviare, fr. L de- from + via way]

: to turn aside from a course, standard, principle, or topic

— de·vi·ate noun

— de·vi·a·tion noun

Synonyms

detour, sheer, swerve, swing, turn, turn off, veer—more at TURN

de·vice noun 1 : a scheme to deceive : STRATAGEM

2 : a piece of