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    [Verb]  | "de*cel*er*ate" | \ (ˌ)dē-ˈse-lə-ˌrāt \


    1: to reduce the speed of : slow down

    2: to decrease the rate of progress of

    3: to move at decreasing speed


    Origin: 1899 ;

     De- + accelerate;

    [Noun]  | "deceleration" 


    1: a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something;


      * e.g., " ... demand for our product is dropping, so I have ordered a deceleration of production "





    [Verb]  | "decelerate" 


    1: to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace;


      * e.g., " ... she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone "





     [ "Deceleration" ]

    1: The process of taking all the disgusting celery out of your soup.

      * e.g.,  ... Eww, dude wtf?! Don't eat your soup without deceleration FFS! 

     [ "Deceleration" ]

    1: The process of coming down from speed

      * e.g.,  ... Aw shit, man. I'm starting to get some deceleration. 

     [ "Decelerating" ]

    1: The act of slowing or bringing speed down.

      * e.g.,  ... He was decelerating the car. 

     [ "deceleration trauma" ]

    1: A term describing damage caused by slamming or smashing something.

      * e.g.,  ... "My cell phone dropped out of the window and died of deceleration trauma" 

     [ "vegan deceleration day" ]

    1: it's a holiday made up by that vegan teacher as a result to her sanity going to the uncanny valley

      * e.g.,  ... that vegan teacher: it's vegan deceleration day! person: ok and? 

     [ "rapid deceleration syndrome" ]

    1: (abbreviated to RDS)

      * e.g.,  ... "Is Mike out climbing today?" 


     [ "rapid deceleration syndrome" ]

    2: Term for the effects of travelling at great speed and then hitting an immovable object... such as cuts, bruises, broken limbs, paralysis or death.

      * e.g.,  ... "No he took a whipper yesterday, and he's at home recovering from a case of rapid deceleration syndrome" 


     [ "rapid deceleration syndrome" ]

    3: Originally military slang, but now used by other groups, for example:

      * e.g.,  ... "I need the day off work to go to a friends funeral - he caught a fatal case of RDS while out biking the other day" 


     [ "rapid deceleration syndrome" ]

    4: Rock climbers: The effects of falling from a great height.


     [ "rapid deceleration syndrome" ]

    5: Cyclists: The effects of misjudging a corner and hitting a wall straight on.


     [ "rapid deceleration syndrome" ]

    6: Severe Rapid Deceleration Syndrome or SRDS usually refers to death.

     [ "Decelerated" ]

    1: Comes from the word Deceleration meaning slowing down.

      * e.g.,  ... You are decelerated! 


     [ "Decelerated" ]

    2: (Decelerated) is used as an insult less specific to certain group of people and focused on the act or behavior of someone instead of the word "Retarded" since retarded meaning is seen as an adjective for disability which is insensitive.

      * e.g.,  ... What was that decelerated behavior for? 

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