defecates
- present tense form of defecate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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After she is fired from her job for napping in the supply closet, she defecates on the floor of the gallery.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2018
"I mean, somebody who defecates in public has mental health issues. It's as simple as that. If you're socialised, that's the last thing that you would do."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2018
He’s now on a mission to promote better sanitation in India, a country where half the population still defecates in the open.
From The Guardian • Dec. 25, 2017
She routinely accidentally passes gas, and occasionally actually accidentally defecates.
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2014
The hungry animal plucks and swallows the fruit, walks or flies off, and then spits out or defecates the seed somewhere far from its parent tree.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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