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peel
verb as in take off outer covering
Example Sentences
Anyone who has sliced an apple or peeled a banana has seen the fruit quickly turn brown.
Family members tried to help Johnson and perform CPR but, according to court filings, they struggled and “were forced to watch in horror as his skin peeled away from his body.”
There’s something for everyone in your crew, just make sure you’ve all got your eyes peeled for the unexpected and unexplainable.
Its paint peeled, and its original wooden floors turned spongy.
When I hear the door close from their exit, I peel myself up from the warm table and marvel at the oily outline my body has left on the sheet.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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