deplume

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=plume

OXFORD DICTIONARY

deplume, v.tr.
1 strip of feathers, pluck.
2 deprive of honours etc.

Etymology

ME f. F d{eacute}plumer or f. med.L deplumare (as DE-, L pluma feather)

THESAURUS

deplume

abase, bleed, bleed white, boot, bounce, break, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bump, bust, can, cashier, cast reproach upon, debase, defrock, degrade, demote, denude, depose, deprive, despoil, disbar, discharge, discredit, disemploy, disgrace, disgrade, dishonor, dismiss, displace, displume, divest, downgrade, drain, drum out, dry, exhaust, expel, fire, flay, fleece, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, humble, humiliate, impoverish, impute shame to, kick, kick upstairs, lay off, let go, let out, lower, make redundant, milk, pension off, pick clean, pillory, pluck, put to shame, read out of, reduce, reflect discredit upon, release, remove, replace, reproach, retire, sack, separate forcibly, shame, shear, skin, strip, strip bare, strip of rank, suck dry, superannuate, surplus, suspend, turn off, turn out, unfrock