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Listenever Posted 11 years ago
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What is this verb?

"Richmond Valentine's a billionaire, genius who has a plan to _____ the planet of most of the population."

He is a villain in the movie trying to kill most of the population. What is the verb here?

It starts at 3 seconds.

  

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I believe he is saying "shed."
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Thanks.
Aside from the sound, does it make sense to say 'shed the planet of most of the population'?
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I would have said "rid the planet." If he did say "shed," he was using it very informally. It would be more correct to say something like "help the planet shed most of its population," since it is the planet that is shedding, not the villain.

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