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deplume
UK /diːˈpluːm/ US /diːˈpluːm/
verb 3
Definitions
verb
1
To strip of feathers or plumage.
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.
2
To lay bare; to expose.
the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the age
3
To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.
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