divest

Verb
  1. Take away possessions from someone (synset 202319255)
    "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
    is a type of: take - take into one's possession
    subtypes:
    • disarm, unarm - take away the weapons from; render harmless
    • expropriate - deprive of possessions
    • clean - deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.
    • dispossess - deprive of the possession of real estate
    • clean out - deprive completely of money or goods
    • unclothe - strip
    • unsex - deprive of sex or sexual powers
    • orphan - deprive of parents
    • bereave - deprive through death
    same as: deprive, strip
  2. Deprive of status or authority (synset 202390514)
    "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"
    is a type of: discharge, free - free from obligations or duties
    subtypes:
    same as: disinvest
  3. Reduce or dispose of;
    Cease to hold (an investment) (synset 202318886)
    "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"
    is a type of: draw, draw off, take out, withdraw - remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
    same as: disinvest
  4. Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes (synset 200177253)
    "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
    is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
    same as: disinvest, strip, undress
    verb group: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress - get undressed

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