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Type Words
Synonyms detusk
Type of remove, take away, take, withdraw


tusk an elephant.
Type Words
Synonyms horn
Type of thrust, pierce
Type Words
Synonyms ivory
Type of dentine, dentin
Type Words
Type of tooth
Derivation tusked

Examples of tusk

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Tusk often spends Saturday mornings in the kitchen working with the other chefs.
From the sfgate.com
Tusk recommends serving poached quince in place of raw Asian pear, if available.
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The elephant's tusk punched through the side of the SUV, tearing up sheet metal.
From the denverpost.com
Tusk attends all home Razorback football games, as well as various other events.
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A tusk hunter scours the coast of Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island in northern Russia.
From the npr.org
Each one feels a different part, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk.
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Zheng He himself loaded his ships with ambergris, elephant tusk and rhino horn.
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Tusk has blamed his predecessors for failing to resolve the lingering problem.
From the theepochtimes.com
The arm of even the mightiest ruler slips easily within one small segment of tusk.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Horn: stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"
  • Ivory: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
  • A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
  • Remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"
  • The M1 Abrams is a third-generation main battle tank produced in the United States. It is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and Commander of US military forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972. ...
  • Tusks are unusually long teeth, usually but not always in pairs, that protrude well beyond the mouth of certain mammal species. They are most commonly canines, as with warthogs, wild boar, and walruses, or, in the case of elephants and narwhals, elongated incisors. ...
  • Tusk is the twelfth album by the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Released in 1979, it is considered experimental, primarily due to Lindsey Buckingham's sparser songwriting arrangements and home recording techniques to acknowledge the influence of punk rock and New Wave on his work. ...
  • Tusk is a fictional supervillain in the . His name comes from the two large tusks that protrude out of his shoulders. He has superhuman strength and the ability to create smaller duplicates of himself that do his bidding. ...
  • Tusk (French title "Poo Lorn L'Elephant") is a 1980 film directed by cult film-maker Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Nicholas Niciphor about a young English girl and an Indian elephant who share a common destiny. It is based on the novel Poo Lorn L'Elephant by Reginald Campbell.