simple past tense and past participle of deviate

To deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.

(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this. / A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.

plural of deviation

(poker slang) three of a kind sixes

A demon, thought to be active at the noon hour, that inclines its victims (usually monastics) to restlessness, excitability and inattention to their duties. Used as a synonym for acedia (Greek ακηδία (akidía)).

Alternative spelling of doomsday device

A hypothetical weapon (often a bomb) programmed to automatically be used in response to certain attacks, usually with very dire consequences (such as the annihilation of the world).

A weight which is dropped into a bore, as of an oil well, to explode a cartridge previously lowered.

(dated) An apprentice printer.