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deferred income taxes
deferred month
deferred sentence
defervescence
Defiance
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defibrillate
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defining
de·fin·ing [ di fning ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
showing nature of something: giving a distinctive character to something or encapsulating its character
That was the defining act of his election campaign.
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