1. to strip of feathers or plumes
Usage: formal
2. to deprive of honor, dignity, or ornament
Usage: formal; figurative

Examples

• The hunter deplumes the bird before cooking it.
• The scandal deplumes the politician’s reputation.
• Workers deplume the chickens at the processing plant.
• The harsh criticism deplumes his once-stellar career.
• She carefully deplumes the pheasant for dinner.
• The investigation deplumes the company’s public image.