defecation

Example Sentences

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There are always tales of rampant public defecation and they can't stop talking about it.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2023

Research shows that when more restrooms are available, open defecation declines.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2023

Globally, around 500 million people are compelled to use open defecation, and millions more rely on contaminated water supplies.

From Scientific American • Mar. 23, 2023

In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that 100% of India's villages had declared themselves free of open defecation after a massive toilet-building programme by his government.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

Even defecation is ruled by African gods, who command that we use only the bushes that Tata Kuvudundu has sanctified for those purposes—and believe you me, he chooses bushes far away from the drinking water.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver