| DEM | detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure |
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| DEM | a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure |
| DEM | (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings |
| DEM | a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
| DEM | (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings |
| DEM | (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings |
| DEM | destoy the myelin sheath of |
| DEM | loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function |
| DEM | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from |
| DEM | the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms |
| DEM | remove the mythical element (from writings, such as the Bible) |
| DEM | having mythical elements removed |