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deal out distribute dissipate
SYN: Dispel, scatter, disseminate, separate, break up, spread abroad, deal out, distribute, dissipate.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

defective or damaged disk
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— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

de obras del dominio
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— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

defective or damaged disk
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— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution by Lynne C. Murphy

disciples of Democritus deny
No one, indeed asserts that; though Epicurus charges Democritus with saying so; but the disciples of Democritus deny it.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

disasters of defeat destroy
Indeed, discretion on this point may repair the disasters of defeat, destroy the advantages of an adversary's victory, render his invasion futile, or assure the conquest of a province.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

discerni oporteret de duobus
, qui sine controversia de officiis accuratissime disputavit, quemque nos correctione quadam adhibita potissimum secuti sumus, tribus generibus propositis, in quibus deliberare homines et consultare de officio solerent, uno, cum dubitarent, honestumne id esset, de quo ageretur, an turpe, altero, utilene esset an inutile, tertio, si id, quod speciem haberet honesti, pugnaret cum eo, quod utile videretur, quo modo ea discerni oporteret, de duobus generibus primis tribus libris explicavit, de tertio autem genere deinceps se scripsit dicturum nec exsolvit
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

defective or damaged disk
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— from The Hungry Heart: A Novel by David Graham Phillips

days of deepest discouragement
Even in my days of deepest discouragement I turned most of my energy to its revision.
— from A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland

Department of Defense during
This interpretation made little headway in the Department of Defense during the first decade of integration.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

deodorizer of dead dogs
It will be remembered that my father was a deodorizer of dead dogs, but was unable to practice his useful and humble profession because no one would employ him.
— from The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Negligible Tales, On With the Dance, Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce


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