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désalinisation: desalination
désaliniser: to desalinate
désaliéner: To unalienate
désallier: "to disunite (allies)"; to make an unsuitable match
désaltérant: thirst-quenching
désaltérer: to quench the thirst
désamarrer: to unmoor
désambiguïsation: disambiguation
désambiguïser: to disambiguate
désambigüisation: post-1990 spelling of désambiguïsation
désambigüiser: post-1990 spelling of désambiguïser
désamianter: to remove asbestos from
désaminase: deaminase
désamination: deamination
désamorcer: to defuse (e.g. a weapon); to forestall, to hinder, to prevent something from happening
désamorçage: defusing (of a bomb)
désamour: unlove (lack, absence, or omission of love)
désaper: to undress
désapparier: "to separate (birds that have been paired)"
désappointement: disappointment
désappointer: to dismiss; to disappoint
désapprendre: to unlearn; to break a habit
désapprobateur: disapproving, censorious
désapprobation: disapproval, disapprobation
désapprouver: to disapprove of
désarbrer: to cut down trees
désargenter: to extract silver from ore or an alloy; to remove a silver plating; to lose its silver plating; to impoverish
désargenté: impoverished, penniless; having lost its silver coating, unsilvered
désarmant: disarming
désarmement: disarmament
désarmer: to disarm
désarmé: disarmed; weaponless
désarrimage: casting off
désarrimer: to shift (move something that had been placed somewhere)
désarroi: dismay; disarray (want of array or regular order)
désarticulation: dislocation; disarticulation
désarticuler: to dislocate
désarçonner: to unhorse, to unseat; to disconcert, to disarm
désassembler: to disassemble (to take to pieces)
désassembleur: disassembler
désassimilation: disassimilation
désassocier: to disassociate
désassorti: incomplete, odd; sold out (merchandise)
désassortir: to spoil the match of, to mismatch
désastre: disaster; bankruptcy, breakup
désastreusement: disastrously
désastreux: disastrous, calamitous
désatelliser: to deorbit (a satellite)
désatomiser: to denuclearize
désaturation: desaturation; desaturation, decrease in oxygen saturation; decongestion, reduction in congestion (of a network)
désaturer: to desaturate
désavantage: drawback, disadvantage, handicap
désavantager: to disadvantage; hinder
désavantageusement: disadvantageously
désavantageux: disadvantageous
désaveu: denial, rejection, disavowal
désaveugler: to unblind; to open someone's eyes
désavouer: to take back (something that has been said); to disown; to disavow; to deny, deny ownership of
désaxer: to unbalance; to derail
déscolarisation: the normal act of leaving school (to get a job or go to college); unschooling