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debrain

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To remove the brain from.

transitive

Equivalents

Españoldescerebrar
Deutschenthirnen
1 more languages
Galegoesmiolar

Examples

“They cracked heads, used Roland’s knife (its edge now dull) to pry open⟳ skulls, and removed the brains of their kill⟳. These they put⟳ carefully aside, like⟳ a clutch of large gray eggs. By the time the last⟳ deer was debrained, Susannah’s fingers were so sore and swollen she could hardly bend⟳ them.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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