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Definition of Decongest
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decongest
Literary usage of Decongest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capital (1888)
"Again, the decision to increase the FSI is contrary to the former Patil Ministry's
proposal to decongest the city by shifting some industries and offices to ..."
2. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"Vomiting yields best to nerve sedatives, such as the bromids, and to measures
like hot baths and mustard foot-baths, calculated to decongest the cerebral ..."
3. The American Army in the European Conflict by Jacques Aldebert de Pineton Chambrun, Charles Marenches (1919)
"In order to decongest the rear of the Lorraine front where a heavy enemy offensive
was expected, the Forty- second Division had been transported from the ..."
4. Protectors Or Pretenders?: Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa by Binaifer Nowrojee (2001)
"... to ensure government agencies respected court orders, to decongest prisons
and police cells and improve conditions, and to ensure that the security ..."
5. Report on the Medico-military Aspects of the European War from Observations by Archibald Magill Fauntleroy (1915)
"... to increase the mass movement of the blood and decongest the irritated nerve,
has been very beneficial in many cases. After the wound is fairly on the ..."
6. The Realities of Images: Imperial Brazil and the Great Drought by Gerald Michael Greenfield (2001)
"... that had hurried retirantes off to other locations, provincial policy emphasized
the need to decongest the capital cities and nearby littoral towns. ..."
7. Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movementby Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen by Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen (2002)
"Built in i 983 , Aranya was developed by the Indore Development Authority to
decongest and redirect the city's development on the urban fringe area. ..."
8. Pediatrics (1902)
"Secondly, by decongest- ing the mucous membrane of the deep urethra, ie,the
vesical neck. Thirdly, in cases of a purely neurotic type it stimulates the ..."
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