CommonParlance
Seed
Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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destruction fire in CommonParlance
- definition fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects
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destructive in CommonParlance
- definition causing destruction or much damage
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destructive distillation in CommonParlance
- definition heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products
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destructive metabolism in CommonParlance
- definition breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
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destructive-metabolic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to catabolism
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destructively in CommonParlance
- definition in a destructive manner
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destructiveness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of causing destruction
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desuetude in CommonParlance
- definition a state of inactivity or disuse
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desulfurize in CommonParlance
- definition remove sulfur from
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desulphurize in CommonParlance
- definition remove sulfur from
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desultory in CommonParlance
- definition marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
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desynchronisation in CommonParlance
- definition the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
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desynchronise in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times
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desynchronization in CommonParlance
- definition the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
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desynchronize in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times
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desynchronizing in CommonParlance
- definition the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times
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detach in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become detached or separated; take off
- definition separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment
- definition come to be detached
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detachable in CommonParlance
- definition designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage
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detached in CommonParlance
- definition showing lack of emotional involvement
- definition being or feeling set or kept apart from others
- definition no longer connected or joined
- definition used of buildings; standing apart from others
- definition lacking affection or warm feeling
- definition not fixed in position
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detached house in CommonParlance
- definition a house that stands alone
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detached retina in CommonParlance
- definition visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation
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detachment in CommonParlance
- definition avoiding emotional involvement
- definition the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- definition the state of being isolated or detached
- definition a small unit of troops of special composition
- definition coming apart
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detachment of the retina in CommonParlance
- definition visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation
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detail in CommonParlance
- definition an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- definition a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- definition extended treatment of particulars
- definition a crew of workers selected for a particular task
- definition a temporary military unit
- definition provide details for
- definition assign to a specific task
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detail file in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) a computer file containing relatively transient data about a particular data processing task