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Decorticate

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posturingnounThe assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude.
excorticateverb(archaic or obsolete) To strip of bark, shell or skin.
peelnoun(usually uncountable) The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
parenounA Bantu language spoken in Tanzania.
barknounThe short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
peel offverb(transitive) To remove (an outer layer or covering, such as clothing).
disbarkverb(obsolete) To disembark.
decrustverb(transitive) To remove the crust from.
degloveverbTo peel back the skin from part of the body as if removing a glove, especially as the result of an accident.
peel awayverb(intransitive) To separate off from the main body; to move off to one side (as in troop movements on a parade ground or in an organized retreat, or columns in a procession).
deskinnounTo remove the skin of
debarkverb(transitive) To unload goods from an aircraft or ship.
unpeelverb(transitive) To remove the peel from something; to peel.
shellnounA hard external covering of an animal.
desurfaceverb(transitive) To remove the surface layer from.
depieceverb(rare) To remove pieces from; to take apart, disassemble.
strip offverb(transitive) To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.
unhuskverb(transitive) To remove the husk of.
decorenoun(transitive) To remove the core from.
dehullnoun(transitive) To remove the hull (covering of a seed or fruit) from.

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