exfoliate

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I’ll exfoliate and get myself fresh for the week.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Products containing salicylic acid also help exfoliate the skin, which promotes turnover of dead skin cells and keeps pores from getting clogged.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

These are like facial masks for your feet, and many make lofty promises to remove calluses, exfoliate your skin and make your feet feel smoother and softer.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022

Wait three minutes — take the time to shave, exfoliate, sing, whatever floats your boat — and then rinse it out and voila!

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2019

These boulders owe their spheroidal form chiefly to 221 weathering, or action of frost, which causes the surface to exfoliate in concentric plates, so that all the more prominent angles are removed.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir