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white-ants

white-ants is the third-person singular simple present indicative of white-ant.

Meaning of white-ant

Verb

white-ant (third-person singular simple present white-ants, present participle white-anting, simple past and past participle white-anted)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) To bring down from within; to undermine.
    • The white-anting of ATSIC has been brought about by the usual suspects.

Questions about white-ants

What is white-ants the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
White-ants is the third-person singular simple present indicative of white-ant.

Words near white-ants in the dictionary

  1. White's tree frog
  2. White's tree frogs
  3. white-ant
  4. white-anted
  5. white-anting
  6. white-ants
  7. white-backed black tit
  8. white-backed black tits
  9. white-ball
  10. white-beaked dolphin
  11. white-beaked dolphins

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