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2. demotable, downgradable, degradable, disratable; SI. bumpable, SI. firable, SI. breakable, Mil. SI. busta-ble.
dethrone, v. 1. depose, uncrown,
Rare, disenthrone; remove from office, unseat, force to abdicate, U.S. impeach, drive out of office, oust, dispossess, displace, disbar, expel, exile.
2. demote, downgrade, lower
or reduce in rank, degrade, humble, Inf take or knock down a peg or two; defrock or unfrock, declass, Inf. strip of rank, disrate, cashier, Mil. drum out, Mil. SI. bust, Inf kick upstairs.
detonate, v. 1. explode, go off, fulminate, blow up,
Archaic, displode; burst, Inf. bust, break open, fly apart; bang, blast, boom, roar, thunder, clap.
2. set off,
Obs. detonize; discharge, shoot, fire.
3. ignite, kindle, light, spark; start, give rise to, cause, produce, engender.
detonation,
n. 1. explosion, blow-up, blast, fulmi-nation, Archaic, displosion; burst, Inf. bust, bursting, breaking open, flying apart, dissiliency, dissilience; bang, report, boom, roar, thunder, clap.
2. setting off,
Obs. detonization; discharge, firing, volley.
3. ignition, kindling, lighting; sparking, spark, start, engenderment.
detour,
n. indirect bourse, roundabout way, roundabout, Inf. circumbendibus; byway, byroad, bypath, by-pass.
detract, v. 1. ' divert, deflect, shift, avert; withdraw, draw away, turn aside, turn off, turn away, diverge, swerve;
(of the mind or attention) distract, sidetrack, draw off, divide.
2. belittle, disparage, demean, deprecate, derogate, deflate, decry,
Inf. talk down, depreciate, devaluate; humiliate, humble, mortify, SI. put down; lampoon, pasquinade, caricature, satirize.
3. defame, denigrate, vilify, vituperate, vilipend, scandalize, malign, gibbet, run down, impugn, berate, revile,
Inf. knock, Inf. rap, speak ill of, speak evil of, SI. badmouth, SI. poormouth, backbite; slander, libel, calumniate, traduce, falsify, misrepresent, accuse falsely, impute, asperse, insinuate; injure, insult, abuse, assault, attack, assail, stab, SI. dump on, SI. trash.
detraction,
n. 1. belittlement, disparagement, deprecation, derogation, deflation, decrial, Inf. talking down, depreciation, devaluation; humiliation, humble pie, mortification; lampoon, squib, pasquinade, caricature, satirization; sarcasm, ridicule, mockery, jibe, jeer, scoff, sneer; disdain, derision, contempt, scorn, contumely.
2. discredit, disfavor, obloquy, loss of face, disapproval, disapprobation, criticism, stricture.
3. defamation, denigration, vituperation, vilification, scandal, scandalization, scandalmongering, abuse, injury, attack, scurrility, running down, gibbeting, backbiting,
SI. badmouth, SI. poormouth; slander, libel, calumny, calumniation, traducement, falsification, misrepresentation, false accusation, slur, imputation, aspersion, insinuation, innuendo, Inf brickbat.

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