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   de·plume

   /dēˈplo͞om/

   verb

   • 1. deprive (a bird) of feathers: "a depluming scabies mite that commonly affects parrots"
   • ▪ strip or deprive of honor, status, or wealth: "they kept gaming tables where the unwary were speedily deplumed"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French desplumer or medieval Latin deplumare, from des-, de- (expressing reversal) + Latin pluma ‘feather’.

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