Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to deprive of energy, especially electrical energy.
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- verb deprive of energy
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Examples
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A launch abort can of course be structured to de-energize the SRB debris using the 2nd stage.
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Mitch Daniels For Republicans to do anything to de-energize this voting bloc would amount to political suicide.
Americans Don't Want a 'Truce' on Social Issues Richard Land 2011
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Sure, you can turn it on and off, but it requires more will power - you have to de-energize something.
To iPod or not to iPod... Celeste Winant 2007
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Sure, you can turn it on and off, but it requires more will power - you have to de-energize something.
Archive 2007-09-01 Celeste Winant 2007
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The playbook is to turn out the white "base", and de-energize or mislead African-American voters (rather than make an honest appeal to them, as Jindal did four years ago).
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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It was as if Karl Rove himself had been directing McCaskill and the Democratic Party to de-energize its base.
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The time these activities currently occupy in your schedule would be better used for something else because they bog you down, make you feel bad about yourself, de-energize and deplete you.
SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life Julie Morgenstern 2008
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We needed to de-energize those to protect the public.
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The time these activities currently occupy in your schedule would be better used for something else because they bog you down, make you feel bad about yourself, de-energize and deplete you.
SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life Julie Morgenstern 2008
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These silly processes and front loading the process and opening up the process has done nothing but confuse the voter and de-energize them.
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