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destruction
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(n) termination by an act of destruction

(n) an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

(n) a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

disagree
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(v) be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"

(v) be different from one another

darkness
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(n) a swarthy complexion

(n) having a dark or somber color

(n) an unenlightened state; "he was in the dark concerning their intentions"; "his lectures dispelled the darkness"

(n) an unilluminated area; "he moved off into the darkness"

(n) absence of light or illumination

(n) absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"

drama
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(n) the quality of being arresting or highly emotional

(n) the literary genre of works intended for the theater

(n) a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"

(n) an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

distant
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(s) far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities"

(s) far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times"

(a) separated in space or time or coming from or going to a distance; "the distant past"; "distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"

(a) far apart in relevance or relationship; "a distant cousin"; "a distant likeness"

(s) remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"

draft
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(n) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

(n) a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp"

(n) compulsory military service

(n) a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft"

(n) a preliminary sketch of a design or picture

(n) a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace

(n) the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)

(n) preliminary version of a written work

(n) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft"

(n) a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)

(n) a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

(v) engage somebody to enter the army

(v) make a blueprint of

(v) draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"

developing
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(n) processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"

(s) relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply

(a) gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something latent); "his developing social conscience"; "after the long winter they took joy in the developing warmth of spring"

(a) making or becoming visible through or as if through the action of a chemical agent; "he watched as the developing photograph became clearer and sharper"

dream
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(n) a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"

(n) a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality; "he went about his work as if in a dream"

(n) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep; "I had a dream about you last night"

(n) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"

(n) a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"

(n) someone of something wonderful; "this dessert is a dream"

(v) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy

(v) experience while sleeping; "She claims to never dream"; "He dreamt a strange scene"

dealer
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(n) a firm engaged in trading

(n) the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game

(n) the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

(n) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

(n) a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"

deputy
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(n) an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

(n) someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

(n) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

(n) a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

disability
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(n) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

depth
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(n) degree of psychological or intellectual depth

(n) extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"

(n) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

(n) (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space"

(n) (usually plural) a low moral state; "he had sunk to the depths of addiction"

drop
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(n) the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"

(n) a central depository where things can be left or picked up

(n) a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

(n) a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

(n) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"

(n) a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

(n) a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

(n) a small quantity (especially of a liquid); "one drop of each sample was analyzed"; "any child with a drop of negro blood was legally a negro"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"

(n) a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"

(v) give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

(v) grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

(v) stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"

(v) lower the pitch of (musical notes)

(v) go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"

(v) change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon"

(v) leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

(v) utter casually; "drop a hint"

(v) lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"

(v) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

(v) leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;

(v) get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

(v) let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"

(v) to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"

(v) let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"

(v) fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

(v) pay out; "spend money"

(v) terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket"

(v) stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

(v) hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"

diversity
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(n) the condition or result of being changed

(n) noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing"

drawing
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(n) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

(n) act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source; "the drawing of water from the well"

(n) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots

(n) the creation of artistic drawings; "he learned drawing from his father"

(n) a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures"

(n) an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book or magazine; "it is shown by the drawing in Fig. 7"

date
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(n) sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed

(n) a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

(n) a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"

(n) the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"

(n) the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"

(n) a particular day specified as the time something will happen; "the date of the election is set by law"

(n) the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class"

(n) a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date"

(v) assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"

(v) provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"

(v) stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24"

(v) go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"

(v) date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"

designer
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(n) someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

(n) someone who designs clothing

(n) a person who devises plots or intrigues; "he is believed to be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack"

(n) a person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings

dimension
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(n) magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions"

(n) the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)

(n) a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"

(n) one of three cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space

(v) shape or form to required dimensions

(v) indicate the dimensions on; "These techniques permit us to dimension the human heart"

deficit
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(n) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

(n) an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)

distribution
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(n) the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning

(n) the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer

(n) the spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume

(n) (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

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