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de-emphasised (/diːˈɛmfəsɪsd/) adj. Drunk enough to reduce the importance of last orders, the missing coat and the route home. Brandace became de-emphasised and treated the vanished coat as a minor administrative detail. de-emulsifiered (/[diːˌɛˈmʌɫsɪfaɪ(j)ə(ɹ)]d/) adj. The condition of a drinker who breaks every blended opinion into its constituent liquids. Monsserat was de-emulsifiered, separating the party’s general approval into several reservations. de-energizationed adj. Drunk beyond the point of supplying useful power to the journey home. Alima was de-energizationed before the taxi arrived and required charging by chips and silence. de-escalationed (/diːˌɛskəˈleɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk, with the result that every plan decreases in scope until reaching the nearest available bed. Jendaya was de-escalationed from a restaurant booking to chips beside the taxi rank. de-essered adj. Drunk to the extent of reducing every sibilant in the request for a taxi to a soft suggestion. Kaylianna was de-essered and asked for the address without producing a recognisable sibilant. de-ethnicizationed adj. Drunk on the strength of a round that has removed all distinctions between the available coats. Lasondra became de-ethnicizationed and treated every coat in the pub as equally her own. de-ethnizationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and no longer able to distinguish one group of waiting passengers from another. Creeden was de-ethnizationed since last orders, joining whichever taxi queue looked most familiar. de-excitationed adj. The drunkenness of one who has released all remaining restraint, leaving companions to absorb the resulting energy. Leigha became de-excitationed and discharged her final sensible thought into the birthday cake. de-extinctioned adj. Drunk by the third round, and returning an abandoned plan to the world for one final outing. Tanell was de-extinctioned by the third round and revived the abandoned idea of dancing. de-extremizationed adj. Drunk by closing time, and re-educated into believing that the pavement is a reasonable bed. Rexann was de-extremizationed by closing time and accepted chips as a moderate political settlement. de-gearinged adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the morning financially unencumbered, having sold every asset except the hangover. Eufemia was de-gearinged by breakfast, with her plans liquidated to settle last night's debt. de-icered adj. Drunk on the strength of something that melts the night's hard surface, leaving the aftermath exposed. Kellie woke de-icered, with the evening's frozen details sliding inconveniently into view. de-imperializationed adj. Drunk to the extent of dismantling a perfectly workable hierarchy and appointing oneself to its remnants. Odester got de-imperializationed and dissolved the table’s seating plan by personal decree. de-internationalisationed adj. Still drunk, and reversing the evening's travel until the journey ends at the nearest familiar doorway. Suoma was de-internationalisationed, shrinking the proposed tour into a taxi across one neighbourhood. de-internationalizationed adj. Too drunk to leave the local area, the pub, or the immediate question of whose coat is whose. Shadiamon was de-internationalizationed and declined a distant taxi in favour of the nearest doorway. de-nazificationed adj. Drunk enough to remove all supervisory figures from consideration, leaving only one’s own unexamined authority. Tawana grew de-nazificationed and abolished the committee responsible for ordering another round.