To remove clerical influence (from); to secularize
decolorization
decolorization
noun
the removal of color from something; bleaching
decolorize
decolorize
verb
(US, intransitive) To lose one’s color.
(US, transitive) To remove the color from.
decolorized
decolorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decolorize
decolorizer
decolorizer
noun
That which decolorizes.
decolorizers
decolorizers
noun
plural of decolorizer
decolorizes
decolorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decolorize
decolorizing
decolorizing
verb
present participle of decolorize
decolourization
decolourization
noun
Alternative spelling of decolorization
decolourize
decolourize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To drain of colour, to remove the colour from.
decolourized
decolourized
adj
From which pigment has been removed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decolourize
decolourizer
decolourizer
noun
Alternative form of decolorizer
decolourizing
decolourizing
verb
present participle of decolourize
decopperization
decopperize
decortization
decriminalization
decriminalization
noun
The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc).
The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)
decriminalize
decriminalize
verb
(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
decriminalized
decriminalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of decriminalize
decriminalizes
decriminalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize
decriminalizing
decriminalizing
verb
(rare) present participle of decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.
decrystallization
decrystallization
noun
The breakdown of a solid, crystalline structure.
The removal of crystals from a liquid
dedoggerelize
deepfreeze
deepfreezed
deepfreezes
deepfreezing
deepfroze
deepfrozen
deferrization
deferrization
noun
The treatment of water to remove soluble iron salts.
deferrize
deferrized
deferrizing
defibrinize
defibrinize
verb
(transitive) To remove fibrin from; to defibrinate
deformalize
deformalize
Verb
To make informal.
deformalized
deformalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deformalize
deformalizes
deformalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deformalize
defreeze
defreeze
verb
(rare, nonstandard) To defrost, to unfreeze.
degeneralize
degeneralize
verb
(transitive) To make less general and more specific.
deglamorization
deglamorization
noun
The process of deglamorizing.
deglamorize
deglamorize
verb
To make less glamorous
deglamorized
deglamorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize
deglamorizes
deglamorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deglamorize
deglamorizing
deglamorizing
verb
present participle of deglamorize
dehistoricize
dehistoricize
verb
(transitive) To separate or remove from history; to deprive of historical context.
dehydroffroze
dehydroffrozen
dehydrofreeze
dehydrofreeze
verb
To preserve food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
dehydrofreezing
dehydrofreezing
noun
The preservation of food by dehydration and subsequent freezing
verb
present participle of dehydrofreeze
dehydrofroze
dehydrofrozen
dehydrogenization
dehydrogenization
noun
dehydrogenation
dehydrogenize
dehydrogenize
verb
To dehydrogenate.
dehydrogenized
dehydrogenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenize
dehydrogenizer
deindustrialization
deindustrialization
noun
The loss or deprivation of industrial capacity or strength.
deindustrialize
deindustrialize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry.
deinsularize
deionizer
deionizer
noun
A device that deionizes something.
dejunkerize
deliberalization
deliberalize
deliberalize
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To deprive of liberalism; to revoke something’s liberal character.
delorenzo
demagnetizer
demagnetizer
noun
Any device (often a furnace) that is used to remove magnetization
dematerialization
dematerialization
noun
(finance, law) The substitution of paper-form securities by book-entry securities.
The act or process of dematerializing, or becoming immaterial.
dematerialize
dematerialize
verb
(intransitive) To disappear by becoming immaterial.
(transitive) To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
(transitive) To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).
dematerialized
dematerialized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dematerialize
dematerializing
dematerializing
verb
present participle of dematerialize
demesmerize
demesmerize
verb
(transitive) To relieve from mesmeric influence.
demetricize
demilitarization
demilitarization
noun
Alternative spelling of demilitarisation
demilitarize
demilitarize
verb
To prevent troops from entering an area.
To remove troops from an area.
To return an area to civilian control.
demilitarized
demilitarized
adj
Declared free of all military activity.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of demilitarize
demilitarizes
demilitarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demilitarize
demilitarizing
demilitarizing
verb
present participle of demilitarize
demineralization
demineralization
noun
(chemistry) The chemical engineering process in which mineral salts are removed from a liquid.
(medicine) The loss of minerals, especially those of calcium, from bone.
demineralize
demineralize
verb
(transitive) To remove minerals or mineral salts from (a liquid).
demineralized
demineralized
adj
From which all minerals have been removed.
demineralizer
demineralizer
noun
A device that demineralizes.
demineralizes
demineralizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demineralize
demineralizing
demineralizing
verb
present participle of demineralize
democratization
democratization
noun
The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.
The making more democratic of a political system.
The spread of democracy as a concept.
democratize
democratize
verb
(transitive) To make democratic.
democratized
democratized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of democratize
democratizer
democratizer
noun
One who democratizes.
democratizes
democratizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize
democratizing
democratizing
verb
present participle of democratize
demoralization
demoralization
noun
The act of corrupting or subverting morale, discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in morale.
demoralize
demoralize
verb
(dated) To erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt.
To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
demoralized
demoralized
verb
past participle of demoralize
demoralizer
demoralizer
noun
Agent noun of demoralize: one who demoralizes.
demoralizers
demoralizers
noun
plural of demoralizer
demoralizes
demoralizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demoralize
demoralizing
demoralizing
adj
Disheartening.
verb
present participle of demoralize
demoralizingly
demoralizingly
adv
In a demoralizing manner.
demorphinization
demorphinization
noun
The gradual reduction in the dose of morphine to a person who is addicted to it
demythologizer
demythologizer
noun
One who or that which demythologizes.
denarcotization
denarcotize
denarcotize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of narcotine.
denaturalization
denaturalization
noun
The act or process of denaturalizing, of changing or destroying the quality (nature) of a thing.
The removal of the rights of a citizen.
denaturalize
denaturalize
verb
(transitive) To cease to treat as natural.
(transitive) To make less natural; to cause to deviate from its nature.
(transitive) To revoke or deny the citizenship of.
denaturalized
denaturalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denaturalize
denaturalizing
denaturalizing
verb
present participle of denaturalize
denaturization
denaturization
noun
The process of denaturing.
denaturize
denaturize
verb
To denature.
denaturized
denaturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denaturize
denaturizer
denaturizing
denaturizing
verb
present participle of denaturize
deneutralization
deneutralization
noun
Process of deneutralizing.
denitrize
denormalized
denormalized
adj
(computing theory, of a number) Denormal.
(databases, of a schema) Containing redundant data to improve performance.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denormalize
denuclearization
denuclearization
noun
The act or process of denuclearizing.
denuclearize
denuclearize
verb
(transitive) To ban, remove or reduce the numbers of nuclear weapons in an area.
denuclearized
denuclearized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of denuclearize
denuclearizes
denuclearizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denuclearize
denuclearizing
denuclearizing
verb
present participle of denuclearize
deodorization
deodorization
noun
The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.
deodorize
deodorize
verb
To mask or eliminate the odor of, or an odor in, (something).
deodorized
deodorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of deodorize
deodorizer
deodorizer
noun
A substance or device that removes or masks odors/odours; a device to dispense deodorant.
deodorizers
deodorizers
noun
plural of deodorizer
deodorizes
deodorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deodorize
deodorizing
deodorizing
verb
present participle of deodorize
deorganization
deorganize
deorganize
verb
(US, rare) To disband or rearrange.
deorientalize
deoxidizer
deoxidizer
noun
Any agent that reduces the oxygen content of a material; a deoxidant
deoxidizers
deoxidizers
noun
plural of deoxidizer
deozonizer
depancreatization
depancreatize
departisanize
departmentalization
departmentalization
noun
The organization of something into departments according to function, geographic location etc.
departmentalize
departmentalize
verb
To organize something into departments
departmentalized
departmentalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of departmentalize
departmentalizes
departmentalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize
departmentalizing
departmentalizing
verb
present participle of departmentalize
departmentization
departmentization
noun
Alternative form of departmentalization
departmentize
departmentize
verb
Alternative form of departmentalize
depauperization
depauperization
noun
The process, or the result of depauperizing
depauperize
depauperize
verb
(transitive) To free from paupers.
(transitive) To impoverish, to make poor (to make depauperate).
(transitive) To rescue from poverty.
depauperized
depauperized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depauperize
depersonalization
depersonalization
noun
(psychiatry) A feeling of being unreal, detached or unable to feel emotion.
(psychology) The loss of one's sense of personal identity.
The act of depersonalizing or the state of being depersonalized.
depersonalize
depersonalize
verb
(psychiatry, intransitive) To suffer an episode of depersonalization.
(transitive) To present (something) as an impersonal object.
(transitive) To remove a sense of personal identity or individual character from something; to anonymize.
depersonalized
depersonalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depersonalize
depersonalizes
depersonalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depersonalize
depersonalizing
depersonalizing
verb
present participle of depersonalize
depersonize
dephosphorization
dephosphorization
noun
(chemistry) The act of freeing from phosphorus.
dephosphorize
depolarization
depolarization
noun
(biology, medicine) An intracellular shift in electrical charge distribution, resulting in less negative charge inside the cell compared with outside; it is essential to the function of many cells, communication between cells, and the overall physiology of an organism.
(sociology) Reduction of political polarization.
depolarize
depolarize
verb
(transitive) To demagnetize.
(transitive) To remove the polarization from something.
depolarized
depolarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of depolarize
depolarizer
depolarizer
noun
(chemistry) Any substance added to the electrolyte of a battery that produces hydrogen in order to combine with the liberated hydrogen and prevent the build-up of pressure.
depolarizers
depolarizers
noun
plural of depolarizer
depolarizes
depolarizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depolarize