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Answer for the clue "Remove body hair ", 8 letters:
depilate

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Word definitions for depilate in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Depilate \Dep"i*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depilated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Depilating .] [L. depilatus, p. p. of depilare to depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair.] To strip of hair; to husk. --Venner.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. remove body hair; "epilate her legs" [syn: epilate ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To remove hair from the body.

Usage examples of depilate.

Perfumed, depilated, moist with emollients, wearing kohl around her eyes, Victoria let Lefty look upon her.

He was an artist, who first softened your face with hot cloths, then covered it with emollient creams, smoothed it, freed it of every impurity, and finally covered the wrinkles with cosmetics, lightly treating the eyes with bistre, making the lips delicately rosy, depilating the ears, to say nothing of what he did to the chin and the head.

He'd depilated his face that morning and had had a recent trim, though today's scrutiny in the mirror made him realize that the Gwyn silver lock seemed to have broadened.

The guard captain grimly, efficiently grasped Grant's depilated head in both big meaty hands and pushed his face into the tank of thick, oily liquid.

The guard captain grimly, efficiently grasped Grant's depilated head in both his big meaty hands and pushed his face into the tank of thick, oily liquid.

I was depilated when I entered puberty, as are all the Brethren and their women.

He kept it overlong to hide the depilated circles where the electrodes fit.

Ruth flipped the recorder and pulled the retractable electrode Goosegg net to his head, expertly clamping the metal discs on the circles of his scalp that had been permanently depilated.

With growing nervousness, Grant smeared the depilating cream over every part of his body.

Since she didn't actually live with the Dedelphi, she'd been spared the necessity of depilating herself to keep her dander to a minimum.

I thought of depilating, but I had about twelve days on a beard and decided to let it go for a while.