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de⋅or⋅bit

[dee-awr-bit] Aerospace.
–verb (used without object)
1. to depart deliberately from orbit, usually to enter a descent phase.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.

Origin:
1960–65; de- + orbit
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de·or·bit   (dē-ôr'bĭt)   
intr. & tr.v.   de·or·bit·ed, de·or·bit·ing, de·or·bits
To go or cause to go out of orbit.
n.  The act or process of going out of orbit.
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