OBTRUNCATE


Meaning of OBTRUNCATE in English

(ˈ)äb+ transitive verb

Etymology: Latin obtruncatus, past participle of obtruncare to cut off, from ob- toward, against, over + truncare to cut off, from truncus trunk — more at ob- , truncate

: to cut the head or top from

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