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unshell

American  
[uhn-shel] / ʌnˈʃɛl /

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove or liberate from or as from a shell.


Etymology

Origin of unshell

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- 2 + shell

Example Sentences

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Receiving so many requests now to "unshell Peanuts," he hasn't cracked a book since Christmas!

From Time Magazine Archive

If we continue to unshell the kernel, we find, below this mineral layer, a last silken tunic that forms a globe around the brood. 

From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

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