verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To remove the tusks from (an elephant, a boar, etc.). transitive
2. 2
   remove the tusks of animals wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

detach tuskextract tuskremove tusktusk

Antonyms

All antonyms

keep tuskleave tusk intactretain tusk

Etymology

From de- + tusk.