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destimmed

destimmed is the simple past and past participle of destim.

Meaning of destim

Verb

destim (third-person singular simple present destims, present participle destimming, simple past and past participle destimmed)

  1. (slang, autism) To intentionally block out overwhelming stimuli in order to avoid sensory overload.
    • I got overwhelmed by the loud music and had to go into another room to destim.

Questions about destimmed

What is destimmed the simple past and past participle of?
Destimmed is the simple past and past participle of destim.

Words near destimmed in the dictionary

  1. destigmatizer
  2. destigmatizers
  3. destigmatizes
  4. destigmatizing
  5. destim
  6. destimmed
  7. destimming
  8. destims
  9. destimulant
  10. destimulants
  11. destimulate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: destimmed (page history and authors); destim (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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