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detract

de·tract
dəˈtrakt/
verb
1.
reduce or take away the worth or value of.
"these quibbles in no way detract from her achievement"
synonyms: belittle, take away from, diminish, reduce, lessen, minimize, play down, trivialize, decry, depreciate, devalue, deprecate
"my reservations should not detract from the book's excellence"
deny or take away (a quality or achievement) so as to make its subject seem less impressive.
"it detracts not one iota from the credit due to them"
2.
divert or distract (someone or something) away from.
"the complaint was timed to detract attention from the ethics issue"
The cat detracted her nails from the sheets.
by Sammy smith January 17, 2015
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And by 'veils in my own rhetoric' I mean 'Weaponizing schizophrenia by talking about the things I do while they aren't around in a way that could be easily misconstrued as delusions of reference' or 'Using their children as a cudgel' which is how you know he is lying to detract from the fact they buried the 'Weaponized schizophrenia' I was talking about and are now trying to shield themselves from liability for child murders that may have occurred.
Hym "Breaking! Biased Lawyer Veils The Justification Of His Corrupt Actions In My Own Rhetoric To Detract From The Fact That YouTube Influencers Are DELIBERATELY Trying To Make It Look Like Someone Has A Mental Illness They Don't Actually Have To Make A Point About Women Or Slurs Or Something! Or maybe they AREN'T trying to make a point! Maybe they are just doing it so they can tell themselves that what they are doing to me isn't that bad and that it isn't their fault that a bunch of children got murdered but, rather, they can scapegoat me for doing nothing more than describe my own situation (in great detail) and draw attention to it in the only way I could thing to do so."
by Hym Iam May 16, 2025
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Detractor

Something DSPGaming likes to shout every time he gets slightly criticized.
“DOOD THIS FUCK IS A DETRACTOR IM ALWAYS RIGHT SEND ME BITS!”
by FunnyDank June 23, 2018
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detroct

To speak incessantly and in great detail about a topic, including many of its tangents, about which nobody gives two shits.
"Have you heard him detroct yet?"
"No. What's it like?"
"Imagine a lecture given by an ADD professor who reads the textbook word-for-word."
or
"Guys, breaking news! Forgive me but I'm going to detroct here for a bit..."
by MouseDenton June 8, 2014
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detrace

When a retard doxer thinks he's got your address but it's literally just a detrace, meaning he pulled the wrong address and fucked up the whole dox.
Doxbin is full of retards who detrace because they have no osint/csint skills.
by John ‎ April 18, 2023
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Detractive

-noun-

1) Someone who you personally think is attractive, but other people don't necessarily agree.

2) A guy/girl who only you are attracted towards.
Dave: Dude, that girl is so hot.
Darren: Not at all man. What are you smoking? She's ugly.
Dave: We'll, I find her rather attractive.
Darren: Not to me. But I can see how you would be attracted to her.
Dave: She's DETRACTIVE.
by bluerock123 August 26, 2009
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Destraction

destraction dɪˈstrakʃən
n
1. the act or an instance of simultaneous distraction and destruction
1. Nick performed an act of self-destraction as he ate 10 lbs of food while playing Gran Turismo 5 the night before the exam.

2. Ashley and Teresa were not ashamed of the great amount of destraction they caused by jogging near the busy intersection in their bikinis.
by FurryDaddy January 24, 2011
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