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Devaluation
- noun - an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries
- the reduction of something's value or worth
Devastating
- verb - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
- making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert
- overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
- physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection"; "bone-crushing"
- wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction; "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane"; "the guns opened a withering fire"
Devastation
- noun - an event that results in total destruction
- plundering with excessive damage and destruction
- the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; "her departure left him in utter devastation"
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
- the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
Developable
- - Capable of being developed.
Developings
- noun - processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible; "the development and printing of his pictures took only two hours"
Development
- noun - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose; "such land is practical for small park developments"
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
- a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"
- a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in
Developping
- verb - be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";
- become technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
- cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple"
- change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"
- come into existence; take on form or shape;
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard";
- create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
- elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme; "develop
Devenustate
- - To deprive of beauty or grace.
Devil Grass
- noun - trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India