divest
[verb]
Synonyms: strip, bankrupt, bare, denudate, denude, deprive, dismantle, disrobe, bereave, disinherit, dispossess, lose, oust, rob

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Antonyms: invest, vest, apparel, attire, clothe
Related Words: despoil, plunder, spoil

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

di‧vest /daɪˈvest, də-/ verb
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Old French; Origin: desvestir 'to undress', from Latin vestire 'to dress']
[intransitive and transitive] technical if a company divests, it sells some of its assets, investments etc:
pressure on hospitals to divest tobacco-related stocks
divest somebody of something phrasal verb formal

1. divest yourself of something to sell or give away something you own:
Dad had long since divested himself of anything valuable.

2. divest yourself of something to remove something you are wearing or carrying:
Pedro divested himself of his overcoat.

3. to take something away from someone:
The king was divested of all his wealth and power.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲