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destims

destims is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 destims

What is destims the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Destims is the third-person singular simple present indicative of destim.

Words near destims in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: destims (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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