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Deplume v. t. (past & past part. deplumed; pres. part. depluming)

To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. "On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather."

To lay bare; to expose. "The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age."

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Deplume" : ransack, foray, tear, despoil, plunder, pluck, displume