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to let go, release (something held in the teeth); to give up, abandon, renounce (an opinion, plan, etc.)
démotique
adjective
demotic
demotically
démotivant
adjective
demotivating
démotivation
noun, feminine
demotivation
to demotivate
démoulage
noun, masculine
unmoulding (removal from a mould)
to turn out (remove from a mould)
to rid of mosquitos
démultiplication
noun, feminine
reduction, lowering; gearing down
to lever or multiply; to gear up
démuni
adjective
destitute, penniless
to deprive of, to divest of; to leave oneself without, to deprive oneself of
second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of démunir
unwall
to unmuzzle
to speak again; to no longer be mute
démystificateur
noun, masculine
demystifier
démystification
noun, feminine
demystification
to demystify
démythification
noun, feminine
demystification
to demystify; to reveal; to unlock
démyélinisation
noun, feminine
demyelination
to demyelinate
démâtage
noun, masculine
unmasting, demasting, dismasting
démâtement
noun, masculine
unmasting, demasting, dismasting
to unmast; to dismast
déménagement
noun, masculine
move, house move (the event of changing one's residence)
to move (an object from a place to another); to move house; to move out; to move an object as part of moving house; to kick ass, to kick butt, to rock, to rule (to be awesome)
to do a moonlight flit, to levant (to move out of a place without telling the owner and without paying one's rent, to disappear with one's possessions); to take French leave, to abscond, to do a runner
déménageur
noun, masculine
mover, house mover (person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another)
to be unworthy
to demethanize
déméthylation
noun, feminine
demethylation
to demethylate
to unmix (separate two or more things that are mixed together), to untangle; to clarify; to decipher
to separate fact from fiction, to separate fact and fiction
démêlé
noun, masculine
dispute, quarrel; problem, trouble
dénaire
adjective
ten; denary
to deprive of security; "to give up (securities)"
dénasalisation
noun, feminine
denasalization
to denasalize
dénatalité
noun, feminine
decline in the birth rate
dénationalisation
noun, feminine
denationalization
to denationalize
to disentangle; to remove knots
to denaturalize
dénaturant
adjective
that alters
dénaturant
noun, masculine
substance that alters another
dénaturation
noun, feminine
denaturing, denaturation
to misrepresent; to denature
dénaturé
adjective
misrepresented; denatured
dénazification
noun, feminine
denazification
to denazify
déneigement
noun, masculine
the removal or clearing of snow
to remove snow (from)
déni
noun, masculine
denial
déni de grossesse
noun, masculine
denial of pregnancy
déni de justice
noun, masculine
denial of justice (failure by the justice system to investigate a case; refusal by a judge to decide a case)
to smarten up (make less stupid or naive); to lose one's virginity