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shave off

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Synonyms
STRONGEST
trim
STRONG
amputate cream crop curtail decapitate dock pare pollard prune ream shear shorten skim truncate
WEAK
cut off detruncate file off lop off scrape off
Antonyms
STRONG
elongate increase lengthen
WEAK
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Example Sentences

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After World War I, secular ideas from the outside world began filtering through, with men daring to shave off their beards and married women refusing to cover their hair with wigs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

There are tools available to help shave off some of the cost of an online shopping haul in real time.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025

Prolonged 50% tariffs could shave off as much as 0.8% of India's GDP, according to some estimates.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Bailey lets her displeasure be known by having a friend shave off her beautiful spray of kinky hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

“If you lose, you have to shave off that stupid tuft of hair you treat like an imaginary friend. And just that—I want a bald spot in its place.”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman