Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb deplume
2 senses of deplume
Sense 1
deplume, displume -- (strip of honors, possessions, or attributes)
=> plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray -- (steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners")
Sense 2
pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume -- (strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon")
=> strip -- (remove the surface from; "strip wood")