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defibrated

defibrated is the simple past and past participle of defibrate.

Meaning of defibrate

Verb

defibrate (third-person singular simple present defibrates, present participle defibrating, simple past and past participle defibrated)

  1. (transitive) To break into fibers.
    • We need to defibrate the rags before we can make paper.

Questions about defibrated

What is defibrated the simple past and past participle of?
Defibrated is the simple past and past participle of defibrate.

Words near defibrated in the dictionary

  1. defiber
  2. defibered
  3. defibering
  4. defibers
  5. defibrate
  6. defibrated
  7. defibrates
  8. defibrating
  9. defibration
  10. defibrations
  11. defibrator

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