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Verb: deplume  dee'ploom
  1. Remove feathers
    "deplume the capon";
    - pluck, pull, tear, deplumate [rare], displume [rare]
     
  2. [archaic] Strip of honours, possessions, or attributes
    "The scandal deplumed the once-respected politician";
    - displume [rare]

Derived forms: deplumed, deplumes, depluming

Type of: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave [archaic], rifle, strip