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deaccelerate

American  
[dee-ak-sel-uh-rayt] / ˌdi ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /

verb (used with or without object)

deaccelerated, deaccelerating
  1. to decelerate.


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Etymology

Origin of deaccelerate

de- + accelerate


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Many of those grandfathers — Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong — lived in New Orleans, and McCusker deaccelerated by several sites where they once performed or resided.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2018

Jeffreys hits the bulls-eye with a deaccelerated version of The Beatles’ “Help.”

From Washington Times ● May 2, 2017

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