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défleurir: to shed blossoms; "to nip or strip off blossoms; to take off the bloom of fruit (by handling it)"
déflexion: deflection
déflorant: deflowering
défloration: defloration, deflowering
déflorer: to completely pluck (a flower); to deflower; to spoil, to impurify (take away purity)
déflouter: to unblur
défluviation: outflowing
défléchir: to deflect
défléchisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of défléchir
défocaliser: to unfocus
défoliation: defoliation
défolier: to defoliate
défoncer: to deep-plough; to smash in, smash up, break, break open (destroy violently); to rip, rip apart, tear apart; to fuck up, make high, screw up (intoxicate); to get high, get pissed
défonceuse: router (power tool); ripper (heavy machinery)
défoncé: screwed up, wasted, stoned, high (on drugs)
déforestation: deforestation
déformable: deformable
déformant: distorting
déformateur: distorter, corrupter
déformation: deformation; distortion; deformity; strain
déformation plastique: plastic deformation (non-reversible change of shape in response to applied forces)
déformation professionnelle: job conditioning (tendency to look at things from the point of view of one's own profession or expertise); instance of giving in to job conditioning
déformation élastique: elastic deformation (reversible change of shape in response to applied forces)
déformer: to distort, to twist out of shape, to contort (to bring something out of shape); to distort, to pervert
déformé: distorted, out of shape
défouetter: to untie / unstring (in book-binding)
défoulement: catharsis (release of emotional tension); unwinding
défouler: to vent; to be a release for; to let off steam; unwind
défouloir: stress relief; escape valve
défourner: to remove from an oven; to take out of an oven
défourrer: to remove the fur from
défragmentation: defragmentation
défragmenter: to defragment
défranciser: to unfrenchify
défrayer: to defray (someone's expenses)
défrayer la chronique: to make waves, to hit the headlines, to get oneself talked about, to be much talked about, to be the talk of the town
défraîchi: withered; tatty, tattered, torn
défraîchir: to wither (destroy the freshness of)
défraîchisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of défraîchir
défrichage: clearance of land (for crops, farms and etc)
défrichement: clearance; reclamation
défricher: to clear (land, e.g. for agriculture); to lay the groundwork in a new field, science
défricheur: land-clearer; pioneer
défriper: to smooth out
défriser: to remove curls (usually from hair); to befuddle, to confuse, to flabbergast
défroisser: to iron (clothes)
défroncement: unplaiting, unfolding
défroncer: to undo gathers, folds, or plaits; to unknit (the brows), to smooth (one's brow)
défroque: cast-offs, rags
défroquer: to defrock
défroqué: defrocked
défruiter: to remove fruit
défuner: "to strip (a mast)"
défunt: deceased
défunt: (of a person) late, deceased; (of a place, era etc.) which is dead and gone, bygone; defunct
défâcher: to pacify; to be pacified or pleased again, to cool
défécation: defecation
déféquer: to defecate
déférence: deference
déférent: deferential