dep·i·late

(dĕp′ə-lāt′)

tr.v. dep·i·lat·ed, dep·i·lat·ing, dep·i·lates

To remove hair from (the body).

[Latin dēpilāre, dēpilāt- : dē-, de- + pilāre, to deprive of hair (from pilus, hair).]

dep′i·la′tion n.

dep′i·la′tor n.

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Noun	1.	depilation - the condition of being void of hair hairlessness condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" baldness, phalacrosis - the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
	2.	depilation - the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin) epilation cleaning, cleansing, cleanup - the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning" shave, shaving - the act of removing hair with a razor electrolysis - removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root

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dep·i·la·tion

n. depilación, procedimiento de extirpación del pelo y la raíz.

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Three methods of hair removal are currently used: shaving, clipping and chemical depilation. Shaving is the most common and cheapest method of hair removal.

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Ashley Brook's right knee is still bald' the vet did a scalping job on him, a number one cut, but a little local depilation doesn't detract from the overall appearance of this sleek beast.

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And as Lowman has no fear of trafficking in the obvious, or rather the inevitable, our greatest living work of art (as attested by his recent mug shot) might as well enter the artist's corpus more fully, perhaps in an excavation of depilation.

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