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housebreak
CIDE DICTIONARY
housebreak, v. t.
to train a pet to live cleanly in a house, especially by training it to defecate and urinate in designated boxes. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
housebreak
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, apprentice, break, break in, break to harness, breed, bring up, bust, case harden, condition, confirm, cultivate, develop, discipline, domesticate, domesticize, drill, establish, exercise, familiarize, fetch up, fit, fix, form, foster, gentle, groom, habituate, harden, house-train, improve, inure, knock over, lick into shape, naturalize, nurse, nurture, orient, orientate, practice, prepare, put in tune, put to school, raise, ransack, ready, rear, rehearse, rifle, rob, season, send to school, take in hand, tame, train, wontFor further exploring for "housebreak" in Webster Dictionary Online