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self-enucleate

/ˈsɛlfənukliˌait/

self-enucleate verb: to remove one or both of one's own eyes.

Verb

self-enucleate (third-person singular simple present self-enucleates, present participle self-enucleating, simple past and past participle self-enucleated)

  1. (intransitive) To remove one or both of one's own eyes.

Forms of self-enucleate

third-person singular presentself-enucleates
present participleself-enucleating
past participleself-enucleated
pastself-enucleated

Origin of self-enucleate

From self- + enucleate.

Questions about self-enucleate

What does self-enucleate mean?
Self-enucleate means to remove one or both of one's own eyes.
What part of speech is self-enucleate?
Self-enucleate is a verb.
How do you pronounce self-enucleate?
Self-enucleate is pronounced /ˈsɛlfənukliˌait/ (US).
What is the past tense of self-enucleate?
The past tense of self-enucleate is self-enucleated.

Words near self-enucleate in the dictionary

  1. self-energising
  2. self-energizing
  3. self-energy
  4. self-enforcing
  5. self-entitled
  6. self-enucleate
  7. self-enucleated
  8. self-enucleates
  9. self-enucleating
  10. self-enucleation
  11. self-enucleations

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