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.