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Divest

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

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Verb group 14

Disrobe 84% connected

To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of…

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Disrobe 84% connected

To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Peel 84% connected

A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

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Peel 84% connected

A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

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Strip 84% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Strip 84% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Uncase 84% connected

To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover.

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Uncase 84% connected

To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover.

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Unclothe 84% connected

To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.

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Unclothe 84% connected

To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.

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Undress 84% connected

To divest of clothes; to strip.

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Undress 84% connected

To divest of clothes; to strip.

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Manner of action 11

Bereave 76% connected

To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.

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Clean 76% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Dethrone 76% connected

To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity.

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Disarm 76% connected

To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

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Dispossess 76% connected

To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expropriate 76% connected

To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights.

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Orphan 76% connected

A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

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Unarm 76% connected

To disarm.

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Unclothe 76% connected

To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.

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Unfrock 76% connected

To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest.

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Unsex 76% connected

To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.

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Broader term 7

Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Free 76% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Derivationally related 2

Strip 74% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Strip 74% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Deprive 92% connected

To take away; to put an end; to destroy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strip 92% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Undress 92% connected

To divest of clothes; to strip.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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