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defecates

  • present tense form
    of defecate (3rd person singular).
    defecate
    verb (used without object)
    to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.

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Keener’s in “Please Give” invites a homeless woman into her apartment to take a shower and the woman defecates on the floor.

From The New Yorker Jul. 30, 2018

Since you don’t say otherwise, I assume when he defecates it is in the toilet.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2015

Almost half of India's 1.25 billion people currently defecates in the open.

From The Guardian Jun. 9, 2014

“Slicing” is a term used by falconers to describe the way a hawk defecates.

From New York Times Apr. 27, 2012

After all, even when everyone defecates righteously, there are villages upstream from us.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver