1. To deprive of status or authority.
2. To take away one's investment.

1. To remove the surface from
2. To remove the thread (of screws).
3. To take off or remove; SYN. dismantle.
4. To take off or remove all one's clothes
5. To strip the cured leaves from
6. To remove a constituent from a liquid; in chemistry.
7. To draw the last milk (of cows).