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All divest synonyms

di·vest
D d

verb divest

  • dispossess — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
  • deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
  • rob — to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
  • dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
  • bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
  • unload — to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
  • bereave — to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death
  • dump — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
  • undress — to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
  • bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
  • strip — to cut, tear, or form into strips.
  • ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
  • milk — cow's milk for food
  • disrobe — Take off one's clothes.
  • despoil — To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.
  • plunder — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
  • spoil — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
  • bleed — When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
  • disinherit — Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
  • oust — to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
  • seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
  • denude — To denude an area means to destroy the plants in it.
  • remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
  • doff — to remove or take off, as clothing.
  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • unclothe — to strip of clothes.
  • uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
  • denudate — denuded; bare
  • rid — to sit on and manage (a horse, bicycle, etc.) so as to be carried along.
  • dissociate — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
  • separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
  • deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
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