| VERB | possession | divest, deprive, strip | take away possessions from someone |
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| social | divest, disinvest | deprive of status or authority | |
| possession | divest, disinvest | reduce or dispose of | |
| change | divest, strip, undress, disinvest | remove (someone's or one's own) clothes |
| Sounds | dayveh'st; dihveh'st | |
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| Rhymes | abreast ... zest: 76 rhymes with ehst... | |
| Meaning | take away possessions from someone. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Model | They divest him of all his money | |
| Synonyms | deprive, strip | |
| Narrower | bereave | deprive through death |
| clean | deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc. | |
| clean out | deprive completely of money or goods | |
| disarm, unarm | take away the weapons from | |
| dispossess | Deprive of the possession of real estate | |
| expropriate | deprive / deprive of possessions | |
| orphan | deprive of parents | |
| unclothe | strip | |
| unsex | deprive of sex or sexual powers | |
| Broader | take | Take into one's possession |
| Spanish | deprivar, desnudar, despojar, desposeer, privar | |
| Catalan | desmuntar, desposseir, despullar-se, despullar, desvestir-se, desvestir, privar | |
| Nouns | divestiture | an order to an offending party to rid itself of property |
| Meaning | deprive of status or authority. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Example | "he was divested of his rights and his title" | |
| Synonym | disinvest | |
| Narrower | defrock, unfrock | divest of the frock |
| dethrone | Remove a monarch from the throne | |
| Broader | free, discharge | Free from obligations or duties |
| Opposite | invest, vest, enthrone | Provide with power and authority |
| Spanish | desinvertir, despojaron, despojar, privar | |
| Catalan | desposseir, despullar | |
| Meaning | Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | disinvest | |
| Broader | withdraw, draw, take out, draw off | Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) |
| Opposite | invest, put, commit, place | make an investment |
| Spanish | desinvertir | |
| Nouns | divestiture | the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division |
| Meaning | Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes" | |
| Synonyms | strip, undress, disinvest | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Similar to | undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel | Get undressed |
| Spanish | desvestir | |
| Catalan | despullar | |
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