All excorticate synonyms

verb excorticate

• disrobe — Take off one's clothes.
• hull — Cordell [kawr-del,, kawr-del] /ˈkɔr dɛl,, kɔrˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1955, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1933–44; Nobel Peace Prize 1945.
• husk — the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
• peel — to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.
• pillage — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
• plunder — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
• ravage — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
• shed — Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
• shuck — a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
• 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.
• unclothe — to strip of clothes.
• undress — to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
• take off — the act of taking.
• decorticate — to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
• desquamate — (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
• flake — fake2 (defs 2, 3).
• flay — to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
• pare — Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
• scale — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
• shave — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
• skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
• strip — to cut, tear, or form into strips.
• uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
• delaminate — to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
• pull off — the act of pulling or drawing.
• tear off — designed to be easily removed by tearing, usually along a perforated line: a sales letter with a tear-off order blank.
• bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
• 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.
• dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
• divest — to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.: The wind divested the trees of their leaves.
• empty — A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
• gut — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
• lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
• ransack — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
• remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
• rob — to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
• tear — the act of tearing.
• withdraw — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
• denude — To denude an area means to destroy the plants in it.
• despoil — To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.
• displace — to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.