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abscess |
abscessed |
abscessed tooth |
abscession |
abscind |
abscise
| abscision
| absciss
| abscissa
| abscission
| abscond
abscise
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb abscise has 2 senses
- abscise(v = verb.contact) - shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue; is one way to cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off
- abscise(v = verb.contact) - remove or separate by abscission; is one way to chop off, cut off, lop off
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun abscission2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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