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déscolariser: to put out of the school system; to unschool
désemballer: to unpack
désembarquement: disembarkment
désembarquer: disembark
désembarrasser: to disembarrass (free from embarrassment or release from a burden)
désemboiter: post-1990 spelling of désemboîter
désembouage: desludging
désembouer: to desludge
désembourber: to draw out of the mire; to get out of the mire
désembourgeoiser: to no longer be bourgeois
désemboîter: "to disjoint; to put out of socket; to dislocate
désemparer: to disable (a ship); to cripple, to damage
désemparé: distraught, at a loss; in distress
désempeser: to unstarch, to take out the starch; to become unstarched
désemplir: to (partially) empty (something that is full up); to be nearly full (only used in negative constructions)
désemplisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of désemplir
désemprisonner: to free from prison
désenchantement: disenchantment
désenchanter: to disenchant (to remove an enchantment from)
désenchanté: disenchanted
désenclavement: opening up (of a geopolitical region)
désenclaver: to disenclave
désencombrement: clearing, decluttering; disencumbering
désencombrer: to unclutter; to declutter; disencumber; to unburden
désendettement: debt reduction
désendetter: to deleverage (reduce debt)
désenfler: to deflate
désengagement: disengagement
désengager: to disengage, withdraw
désengorgement: unclogging
désengorger: to unclog, to unclutter
désengrener: to throw out of gear
désenivrement: sobering up
désenivrer: to sober up
désenlaidir: to render less ugly; to become less ugly
désennuyer: to relieve boredom (from)
désenrhumer: to cure of a cold; to cure one's cold
désenrouer: to cure of hoarseness; to cure one's hoarseness
désensabler: to remove sand from
désensevelir: "to unwrap (a corpse); to exhume"
désensibilisation: desensitization
désensibiliser: to desensitize
désensorceler: to unbewitch
désensorcellement: unbewitching
désenterrer: to disinter; to exhume
désentrelacer: to deinterlace
désentêter: to cure of obstinacy; to be cured of obstinacy; (reflexive + de) to get (somebody or something) out of one's head
désenverguer: "to unbend (sails)"
désenvouter: post-1990 spelling of désenvoûter
désenvoûter: to unbewitch, disenchant; to exorcise
désert: desert
désert: deserted
désert Libyque: Libyan Desert
désert alimentaire: food desert
désert du Cholistan: Cholistan Desert
désert du Lout: Lut Desert
désert du Thar: Thar Desert
déserter: to desert (a place), abandon; to desert
déserteur: deserter (person who leaves the military without permission)
déserticole: deserticolous