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Debark
- verb - go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"
Debars
- verb - bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
- prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
Debase
- verb - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
- lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
Debate
- noun - a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
- argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"
- discuss the pros and cons of an issue
- have an argument about something
- the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
Debeak
- unknown - to trim a bird's beak to stop it injuring other birds
Debile
- adjective - lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
Debits
- noun - an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
- enter as debit
Deblai
- - The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.
Debone
- verb - remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"