Examples of defecate in a Sentence
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The Brooklyn grandmom was upset that the women were allowing their dogs to defecate in an empty lot next to her property, her son told the Daily News at the time.
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
The astronauts onboard the spacecraft reportedly were still able to defecate as engineers worked to resolve the issue.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Butterfly, Cenedella says, is often yelling at people on the street, defecating on the sidewalk.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
The virus lives in feces and can spread when a person who is infected doesn’t wash their hands properly after defecating (pooping).
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
The astronauts onboard the spacecraft reportedly were still able to defecate as engineers worked to resolve the issue.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Butterfly, Cenedella says, is often yelling at people on the street, defecating on the sidewalk.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
The virus lives in feces and can spread when a person who is infected doesn’t wash their hands properly after defecating (pooping).
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Defecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defecate. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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Medical Definition
defecate
verb
def·e·cate
variants
or chiefly British defaecate
defecated; defecating
: to discharge from the anus
: to discharge feces from the bowels
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