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DETUSK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the tusks of animals

Example:

tusk an elephant

Synonyms:

detusk; tusk

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "detusk" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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