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William Sommerwerck William Sommerwerck is offline
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Default Multi-dedent pot movement called generically?

There are no such English words as "dedend" or "dedent".

I beg to differ.
dedent -- v.tr.


to remove a depression in a surface made by pressure or a blow:
"The panelbeater dedented my door".


Or... "The Gypsy offered to dedent my car's fender, but only made things
worse." (This actually happened. A policeman stepped in and chased him off.)