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defecation

[def-i-kay-shuhn] / ˌdɛf ɪˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
elimination of excrement
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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

“At times, they sparkle with scales, like the sun glinting on the water. Every whale defecation is unique,” he writes.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023

It’s in our bodies: our lung tissue, our blood and in the dark, tarry first defecation of newborns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 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

I was doubled over with pain, shaking with it, when a process, normal for most but long forgotten by me, set itself into motion: defecation.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel


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