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obtruncating

obtruncating is the present participle and gerund of obtruncate.

Meaning of obtruncate

Verb

obtruncate (third-person singular simple present obtruncates, present participle obtruncating, simple past and past participle obtruncated)

  1. (obsolete) To truncate or lop the head off, to decapitate (also figurative).
    • obtruncated petals

Questions about obtruncating

What is obtruncating the present participle and gerund of?
Obtruncating is the present participle and gerund of obtruncate.

Words near obtruncating in the dictionary

  1. obtrudings
  2. obtrullate
  3. obtruncate
  4. obtruncated
  5. obtruncates
  6. obtruncating
  7. obtruncation
  8. obtrusion
  9. obtrusions
  10. obtrusive
  11. obtrusively

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obtruncating (page history and authors); obtruncate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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