📖 D — The English dictionary · page 23

destroyer — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person or thing that destroys or ruins something.↗ Example: The Twelve stand as in warfare; three are friends, three are enemies; three are life givers; three are destroyers.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Twelve stand as in warfare ; three are friends, three are enemies ; three are life givers ; three are destroyers.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · There are twelve which are all the time at war; three of them produce love, and three hatred, three are animators and three destroyers.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, and his life to the destroyers.↗ (Writings JOB.33.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.↗ (Prophets ISA.49.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.↗ (Prophets JER.22.7, JPS 1917)↗

destroyest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «destroyest» means «you destroy», a form of «destroy».↗ e.g. To destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists.↗ Example: "Wretched son! thou destroyest not only thyself but thy father.↗ (The Arabian Nights Entertainments)

destruction — Everyday, meaning 1: Destruction is the act of destroying something so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The damage left after a storm, fire, war or accident.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) The ruin of someone's hopes, health or life.↗ Example: The tornado left a path of destruction across the town.↗ · The destruction of rainforests harms many animals.↗ · Firefighters tried to stop the destruction of the old barn.↗ · The puppy caused total destruction in the living room.↗ · Volcanoes can bring great destruction to nearby villages.↗ · The film showed the destruction of the ancient city.↗ · Pollution leads to the destruction of coral reefs.↗ · Keep it, it has only led to his destruction.↗ · But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall come to destruction.↗ (Torah NUM.24.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said: Amalek was the first of the nations; but his end shall come to destruction.↗ (Torah NUM.24.20, JPS 1917)↗ · The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust.↗ (Torah DEU.32.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Hark! a cry from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction!↗ (Prophets JER.48.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Hark! battle is in the land, and great destruction.↗ (Prophets JER.50.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.↗ (Writings PSA.52.4, JPS 1917)↗

destructive — Everyday, meaning 1: Destructive means causing a lot of damage or ruin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A destructive person or animal often breaks or ruins things.↗ Example: The storm was very destructive and flattened many houses.↗ · Our puppy is destructive when she is bored.↗ · Earthquakes can be extremely destructive.↗ · Throwing things in anger is destructive behaviour.↗ · Some insects are destructive to crops.↗ · The fire was the most destructive in the town's history.↗ · Rabbits can be destructive in a vegetable garden.↗ · THE OXEN once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, who practiced a trade destructive to their race.↗

detach — Everyday, meaning 1: To separate one thing from another thing it is fixed to, as in «detach the coupon».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To come off by itself, as in «the handle detached».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To stop feeling involved; a «detached» person stays calm and not emotional.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (army) To send a group of soldiers away for a special job.↗ Example: Detach the slip along the dotted line and give it to your teacher.↗ · The trailer detached from the car on the hill.↗ · You can detach the hood from this coat.↗ · We live in a semi-detached house.↗ · She felt strangely detached, as if she were watching a film.↗ · The captain detached ten soldiers to guard the bridge.↗

detachable — Everyday, meaning 1: Detachable means able to be removed and put back again.↗ Example: My coat has a detachable hood.↗ · The laptop has a detachable keyboard.↗ · The car seat has a detachable cover for washing.↗ · The pencil case has a detachable pocket.↗ · Some backpacks have detachable straps.↗ · The toy robot has detachable arms.↗

detached — Everyday, meaning 1: Separated or taken off from something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A detached house stands on its own, not joined to another house.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Not feeling or showing much emotion; not involved.↗ Example: They live in a big detached house.↗ · Our house is semi-detached.↗ · The trailer became detached from the car.↗ · Detach the slip and return it to school.↗ · He seemed detached and didn't join in.↗ · A detached retina needs urgent treatment.↗ · The Alpine roses grew near the snow, which lay in detached stripes, and looked like linen laid out to bleach.↗

detachment — Everyday, meaning 1: A detachment is a small group of soldiers or workers sent off to do a special job.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Detachment is a calm feeling of not being involved or caring too much.↗ Example: The captain sent a detachment of ten soldiers to guard the bridge.↗ · Each detachment marched to its own hill.↗ · She watched the quarrel with calm detachment.↗

detail — Everyday, meaning 1: A detail is a small fact or part of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Details are information, like name, address and phone number.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «In detail» means fully, including all the small parts.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To detail something is to describe it fully.↗ Example: Add more detail to your story.↗ · She described the dragon in great detail.↗ · Look at the small details in the painting.↗ · Write down your contact details.↗ · Never share your personal details online.↗ · I can't remember every detail.↗ · The plan was detailed and clear.↗ · They would sit there in the empty nursery, recalling fondly every smallest detail of that dreadful evening.↗

details — Everyday, meaning 1: Details are the small facts or parts that together make up something bigger.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Details are the exact information you need, like a name, address or phone number.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Details in a picture are the small, careful parts, like the lines on a leaf.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To detail something is to describe it fully, part by part.↗ Example: Write down all the details of your experiment.↗ · Her drawing of the owl had amazing details.↗ · Don't share your personal details online.↗ · Explain your answer in detail.↗ · The main idea is supported by three details.↗ · Check the details of the trip with your teacher.↗ · Some details in the problem are not needed to find the answer.↗ · Some of the details are curious.↗ · New York, 1877↗ · license: Public Domain↗ · versionSource: https://archive.org/details/sketchoftalmudwo02kali (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

detain — Everyday, meaning 1: To keep someone in a place and not let them leave, such as the police holding a suspect.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To delay someone or keep them busy (I won't detain you long).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (school) To keep a pupil after school as a punishment (detention).↗ Example: The police detained the man for questioning.↗ · Sorry to detain you; I just have one question.↗ · The storm detained us at the airport.↗ · He was detained after school for being rude.↗ · Two people were detained at the border.↗ · The guard detained the thief until the police came.↗ · "I will sing them all to you," said the mother; "but do not detain me now.↗ · And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: 'I am detained, I cannot go into the house of the LORD; (Prophets JER.36.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.'↗ (Prophets JDG.13.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. — (Prophets 1SA.21.8, JPS 1917)↗

detainee — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who is kept in prison or held by the police or the army, often without a trial yet.↗ Example: The detainee asked to see a lawyer.↗ · All detainees have the right to food and water.↗ · The detainees were released after questioning.↗ · The report described how detainees were treated.↗ · Each detainee was given a blanket.↗ · The police took the detainee to the station.↗

detect — Everyday, meaning 1: To notice or discover something that is hard to see, hear or smell.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To find something using a special tool or test (detect smoke, detect metal).↗ Example: The smoke alarm detected the burnt toast.↗ · Dogs can detect smells we can't.↗ · Scientists detected water on Mars.↗ · I detected a hint of sadness in his voice.↗ · The scanner detects metal in bags.↗ · Bats detect insects using echoes.↗ · The Sultan could not detect any difference between them, and he told his aunt that he would not be so cruel as to kill all three.↗

detectable — Everyday, meaning 1: Able to be noticed or found, especially with tests or instruments.↗ Example: There was a detectable smell of gas, so we left.↗ · The change in weight was barely detectable.↗ · The virus was detectable in the test.↗ · The sound is not detectable by human ears.↗ · The earthquake was detectable hundreds of miles away.↗ · Is there any detectable pattern in the results?↗

detected — Everyday, meaning 1: Detected is the past form of detect, which means to notice or find something that is hard to see, hear or smell.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Detected means found by a machine or test, like a smoke alarm or scanner.↗ Example: The smoke alarm detected smoke and beeped loudly.↗ · The dog detected the smell of food in the bag.↗ · Scientists detected a new planet.↗ · The sensor detected movement and the light switched on.↗ · The doctor detected a small problem with my ear.↗ · No mistakes were detected in her work.↗ · The radar detected a storm coming.↗ · I detected it at once, and put my paw on it, looking as I did so at the woman.↗

detecting — Everyday, meaning 1: Detecting is the -ing form of «detect»: noticing or discovering something that is hard to see, hear or find.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Detecting is also finding things, especially with a special machine (metal detecting) or by investigating like a detective.↗ Example: A smoke alarm is good at detecting smoke early.↗ · The dog is detecting the smell of food in the bag.↗ · Bats find insects by detecting echoes.↗ · Grandpa goes metal detecting on the beach.↗ · The detective was busy detecting clues.↗ · Our eyes are detecting light all the time.↗ · Doctors use scans for detecting illnesses.↗

detection — Everyday, meaning 1: Noticing or discovering something that is hard to see, hear or find.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Finding out who did a crime or how it was done; detective work.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) Using instruments to find and measure something, such as smoke, metal or radiation.↗ Example: Early detection of a fire gives you time to get out.↗ · The thief wore gloves to avoid detection.↗ · Bats use echoes for the detection of insects.↗ · The new machine helps with the detection of disease.↗ · Sherlock Holmes was a master of detection.↗ · Metal detection at the airport finds keys and coins in your pocket.↗ · The third daughter makes friends with the cat, which licks off the tell-tale blood, so she escapes detection.↗

detective — Everyday, meaning 1: A detective is a police officer or private worker whose job is to find out who did a crime and how.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Anyone who looks closely at clues to solve a puzzle or mystery.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective: about solving crimes, as in «detective story» or «detective work».↗ Example: The detective found a muddy footprint by the window.↗ · Sherlock Holmes is a famous detective in stories.↗ · My sister loves reading detective books.↗ · Let's be maths detectives and find the missing number.↗ · A private detective was hired to find the lost dog.↗ · It took some detective work to find where my sock went.↗ · The detective asked everyone where they had been.↗

detector — Everyday, meaning 1: A detector is a machine or device that notices or finds something, such as smoke, metal or movement.↗ Example: The smoke detector beeped when the toast burned.↗ · We found an old coin with a metal detector.↗ · Every home should have a working smoke detector.↗ · The motion detector switches on the garden light.↗ · At the airport we walked through a metal detector.↗ · Change the battery when the detector starts chirping.↗ · A carbon monoxide detector can save lives.↗

detention — Everyday, meaning 1: A punishment at school where a pupil must stay in after lessons or at break time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Being kept somewhere by police or other officials so you cannot leave.↗ Example: Tom got a detention for being rude to the teacher.↗ · I had to stay in detention at lunchtime.↗ · If you forget your homework three times, you get a detention.↗ · Detention lasted half an hour after school.↗ · She spent detention writing a sorry letter.↗ · The suspect was held in detention by the police.↗

deter — Everyday, meaning 1: To deter someone is to make them decide not to do something, often by making them afraid of what will happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To stop or make something less likely, like a smell that deters insects.↗ Example: The big fence deters foxes from getting into the chicken run.↗ · Cameras are put up to deter shoplifters.↗ · Rain did not deter us from going to the beach.↗ · Garlic is said to deter some garden pests.↗ · The fine is meant to deter people from dropping litter.↗ · Nothing could deter her from finishing the race.↗ · The most icy water could not deter him from swimming; he could twist and turn like a fish.↗