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destressed

destressed is the simple past and past participle of destress.

Meaning of destress

Verb

destress (third-person singular simple present destresses, present participle destressing, simple past and past participle destressed)

  1. (transitive) To reduce the physical stresses in (a material).
  2. (ergative) To reduce the emotional stress in (another person); to reduce the stress in oneself.
  3. (transitive) To reduce the emphasis or stress on; de-emphasize.

Questions about destressed

What is destressed the simple past and past participle of?
Destressed is the simple past and past participle of destress.

Words near destressed in the dictionary

  1. destreamlined
  2. destreamlines
  3. destreamlining
  4. destreams
  5. destress
  6. destressed
  7. destresser
  8. destressers
  9. destresses
  10. destressification
  11. destressify

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