Sentence:  In the next step, the giant dipole state may deexcite by the emission of γ-rays. This reaction is called "<WSD>semidirect</WSD>". It turns out that direct and <WSD>semidirect</WSD> reactions play a dominating role at neutron energies higher than about 5 MeV. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Neither unqualifiedly direct nor unqualifiedly indirect.