Synonyms for tusk
tʌsktusk

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1. ivory, tusknoun

   a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

   Synonyms:
   bone, off-white, pearl, ivory

2. tuskverb

   a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog

   Synonyms:
   ivory

3. horn, tuskverb

   stab or pierce with a horn or tusk

   "the rhino horned the explorer"

   Synonyms:
   detusk, horn

4. tusk, detuskverb

   remove the tusks of animals

   "tusk an elephant"

   Synonyms:
   detusk, horn

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1. tusknoun

   Synonyms:
   tush, fang, pointed tooth

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1. List of paraphrases for "tusk":

   cusk

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1. Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo:

   It seems to me that he had a chance to ... ease this unjustified row around Poland, tusk, as a high-ranking European politician should aim at that.

2. John Cruden:

   Each illegally traded horn or tusk represents not an antique object but a dead animal. Wildlife trafficking entails poaching, bribery, smuggling and organized crime.

3. Jaroslaw Kaczynski:

   One wanted to kill our memory, as one was afraid of it. Because someone was responsible for the tragedy, at least in moral terms, irrespectively of what were its reasons, the former government was responsible for that. Not Ms Kopacz government of course, but Donald Tusk's government.

4. Lisa Westcott:

   Words can't quite capture the thrill of seeing a mammoth tusk still in the ground, or the feeling of standing in the middle of a site that has the potential to change how we see our closest human relatives and the Ice Age megafauna they shared their world with.

5. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades:

   I conveyed to President Tusk our position that the Republic of Cyprus does not intend to consent to the opening of any chapters if Turkey does not fulfill its obligations as described in the negotiating framework.