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With no electricity, passengers were forced to urinate in the shower and defecate in dedicated biohazard bags.
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 25 June 2025
Airlines have had plenty of warnings, from the drunken passenger who defecated on a meal cart to the epidemic of air rage during the pandemic.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 May 2025
After eating whatever was there in the ground, the hare defecated a little and played with his tail.
—Robert Chandler, The New York Review of Books, 12 June 2025
The chief has pulled his pants down and defecated on the floor in front of his entire staff.
—Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 25 June 2025
Airlines have had plenty of warnings, from the drunken passenger who defecated on a meal cart to the epidemic of air rage during the pandemic.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 3 May 2025
After eating whatever was there in the ground, the hare defecated a little and played with his tail.
—Robert Chandler, The New York Review of Books, 12 June 2025
The chief has pulled his pants down and defecated on the floor in front of his entire staff.
—Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
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“Defecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defecate. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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Medical Definition
defecate
verb
def·e·cate
variants
or chiefly British defaecate
defecated; defecating
: to discharge from the anus
: to discharge feces from the bowels
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