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Flensing

To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.

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Word	Definition
defleshingnoun	The act of removing the flesh.
strippingnoun	The act of one who strips.
frondationnoun	(obsolete) The act of stripping, especially of trees, of leaves or branches.
defibrinationnoun	The act or process of depriving of fibrin.
deflagellationnoun	(biology) The removal of flagella
deplumationnoun	The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.
deflorationnoun	the act of deflowering
delacerationnoun	(obsolete) An act of tearing into pieces.
ablationnoun	(surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
ablationoun	(surgery) Synonym of ablation.
divulsionnoun	The act of separating by force, especially by dilation or pulling apart.
sloughingnoun	(zoology) The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.
offscouringnoun	Refuse removed from something by scouring.
deflowerernoun	One who deflowers.
skinningnoun	The act of removing the skin, as for example from animals killed for meat, hides, and furs.
blenchingverb	The act of one who blenches.
deflowermentnoun	The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
peelingverb	The act of removing the outer surface in strips.
deglutinationnoun	The removal of gluten from a cereal product.
severingnoun	The act by which something is severed.

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