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  • noun someone or something that decelerates.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Why I am a Girlie-Man 2008

  • You wasted my time, my resources to build a matter decelerator?

    365 tomorrows » 2007 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007

  • 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

  • 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.

    Dr. Rock Positano: Rx For Your Golf Game 2008

  • The upshot, says Smith: "Gold is a growth decelerator."

    The Gold Knot 2007

  • She dropped the rope over the side and grabbed on to the decelerator.

    Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006

  • She dropped the rope over the side and grabbed on to the decelerator.

    Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006

  • RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: They call it the graduated electronic decelerator the GED.

    CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2006 2006

  • She dropped the rope over the side and grabbed on to the decelerator.

    Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006

  • She dropped the rope over the side and grabbed on to the decelerator.

    Vigilance Paul Ruditis 2006

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