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emotionally: She is deeply involved with a man from Kent. They
were deeply committed to the labour movement.
deface v. mar, disfigure, spoil, ruin, deform, blemish, damage,
mutilate, harm, impair, injure, destroy: Nothing should be
allowed to deface the beauty of these buildings.
default n. 1 failure, fault, defect, neglect, negligence, dereliction,
lapse, oversight, non-performance, non-fulfilment, inaction: We
won the case because of their default on the contract. The other
contestant failed to appear, so Gordon won the match by default.
2 non-payment, delinquency: Default in the rent may result in
eviction.
--v. 3 fail, neglect, dishonour, lapse, fall short, come (up)
short: He has defaulted on a car payment.
defeat v. 1 overcome, conquer, vanquish, be victorious over, get the
better of, beat, subdue, overwhelm, overpower, prevail over,
triumph over, bring down, worst, thrash, rout, repulse,
overthrow, trounce, whip, crush, destroy, do in, best: The
champion defeated the contender in a ten-round match. 2 thwart,
frustrate, disappoint, check, balk, stop, terminate, end,
finish, foil: He never let his handicap defeat his hopes of
winning.
--n. 3 conquest, overthrow, beating, repulse, trouncing, rout,
vanquishment: The defeat of our team must be charged to lack of
training. 4 frustration, undoing, failure, miscarriage,
set-back; Waterloo: The stock market crash spelled the defeat
of the company's plan for a share issue.
defecate v. void (excrement), move the bowels, excrete, eliminate,
evacuate (the bowels), have a (bowel) movement or bm, open the
bowels, relieve oneself, Babytalk do number two , Euphemistic go
to the men's or ladies' (room), go to the toilet or bathroom or
lavatory, excuse (oneself), wash (one's) hands, go to the
bathroom, go to the powder-room; Mincing go to the little boys'
or girls' room; Colloq Brit spend a penny, Colloq Brit go to the
loo, pass a motion, Taboo slang (take a) crap or shit: The
first symptoms of bowel disease are problems when defecating.
defect n. 1 shortcoming, deficiency, lack, want, inadequacy,