"deflea" meaning in English

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      "form": "defleas",
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      "form": "defleaing",
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          "text": "I had to deflea our cat with a flea comb, even though it wears a flea collar.",
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        {
          "ref": "1948, University of Florida Publications in Experimental Applied Economics, volume 3, page 124",
          "text": "The DDT powder does not kill the rats; it merely defleas them and lessens the likelihood of the spread of typhus fever from rat to man.",
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        {
          "ref": "1969, Elizabeth Charles, How to Keep Your Pet Healthy, page 99",
          "text": "A fine metal flea comb is an added aid in defleaing a cat, especially if you are the type who gains satisfaction from “cracking” fleas caught in the comb, or from trying to drown them in a glass of water!",
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        {
          "ref": "1977, The New York Times Biographical Service, volume 8, page 57",
          "text": "She cares personally for her dogs, feeds them, defleas them, shouts crossly at them when they misbehave.",
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Pure-bred Dogs American Kennel Gazette, volume 103, page 95",
          "text": "House, kennels, bedding, runs, all have to be defleaed, as well as the dogs. Note: If the dogs have to be wormed, it is wise to postpone any defleaing efforts for three weeks after worming.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Stuart Brent, Seven Stairs: An Adventure of the Heart, page 132",
          "text": "I had my own dog, but I also caught every stray dog in the neighborhood, washed and defleaed it, and anointed it with cologne (causing a great rumpus when discovered by one of my sisters from whom the cheap scent had been appropriated).",
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          "ref": "2008, Bev Cooke., Feral, page 17",
          "text": "I can get her defleaed. That wouldn't be a problem. I can pay for it now that I've got an after-school job. And Mom's a sucker for strays.",
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          "text": "2009, Louis de Bernières, The Death of Miss Agatha Feakes, [originally published in 2009, Notwithstanding], Storycuts, 2011, unnumbered page,\nShe sits in her armchair, and, one by one, she defleas her cats.",
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        "To rid of fleas."
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        "(transitive) To rid of fleas."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to rid of fleas",
          "word": "zorriak kendu"
        },
        {
          "code": "cim",
          "lang": "Cimbrian",
          "sense": "to rid of fleas",
          "word": "vlöogan"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to rid of fleas",
          "word": "épucer"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to rid of fleas",
          "word": "flöhen"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "psyllízo",
          "sense": "to rid of fleas",
          "word": "ψυλλίζω"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to rid of fleas",
          "word": "spulciare"
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          "sense": "to rid of fleas",
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        },
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          "text": "A fine metal flea comb is an added aid in defleaing a cat, especially if you are the type who gains satisfaction from “cracking” fleas caught in the comb, or from trying to drown them in a glass of water!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
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          "text": "She cares personally for her dogs, feeds them, defleas them, shouts crossly at them when they misbehave.",
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        },
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          "text": "House, kennels, bedding, runs, all have to be defleaed, as well as the dogs. Note: If the dogs have to be wormed, it is wise to postpone any defleaing efforts for three weeks after worming.",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2008, Bev Cooke., Feral, page 17",
          "text": "I can get her defleaed. That wouldn't be a problem. I can pay for it now that I've got an after-school job. And Mom's a sucker for strays.",
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        },
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          "text": "2009, Louis de Bernières, The Death of Miss Agatha Feakes, [originally published in 2009, Notwithstanding], Storycuts, 2011, unnumbered page,\nShe sits in her armchair, and, one by one, she defleas her cats.",
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      ],
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      ],
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to rid of fleas",
      "word": "zorriak kendu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cim",
      "lang": "Cimbrian",
      "sense": "to rid of fleas",
      "word": "vlöogan"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rid of fleas",
      "word": "épucer"
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      "sense": "to rid of fleas",
      "word": "flöhen"
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      "roman": "psyllízo",
      "sense": "to rid of fleas",
      "word": "ψυλλίζω"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to rid of fleas",
      "word": "spulciare"
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      "sense": "to rid of fleas",
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