Meaning of deplume | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To strip of feathers or plumage.
   transitive
2. To lay bare; to expose.
   figuratively, transitive
3. To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.

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Examples

“On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own⟳ feather.”

“Before the birds are cut⟳ and quartered by the butchers they must be totally deplumed.”

“the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the age”

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