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- noun someone or something that
decelerates .
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Examples
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I mostly shoot it as a 12 gauge though, it could be a little tough on the shoulder so I got a decelerator pad for the buttstock.
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You wasted my time, my resources to build a matter decelerator?
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Policy makers world-wide need to "think the unthinkable," said the IMF's deputy managing director, John Lipsky, because of the possibility of what he called a "global financial decelerator."
IMF Is Urging 2008
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Golf Rx contains three exercise series designed by Vad and Bob Donatelli, Ph. D., a physical therapist for the PGA Tour, to increase flexibility, strength and stamina in your core, the primary power producer (i.e., accelerator) and brake mechanism (decelerator) in the golf swing.
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The upshot, says Smith: "Gold is a growth decelerator."
The Gold Knot 2007
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She dropped the rope over the side and grabbed on to the decelerator.
Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006
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She dropped the rope over the side and grabbed on to the decelerator.
Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006
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RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They call it the graduated electronic decelerator the GED.
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She dropped the rope over the side and grabbed on to the decelerator.
Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006
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She dropped the rope over the side and grabbed on to the decelerator.
Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006
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