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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of skeletonize form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Reduced to a skeleton.

   "The typical stereotype of a school of piranhas is that they might leave a skeletonized cow or person in their wake."

Antonyms

All antonyms

flesh out

Example

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"The typical stereotype of a school of piranhas is that they might leave a skeletonized cow or person in their wake."

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