Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slough_off

2 senses of slough off

Sense 1
slough off -- (discard as undesirable; "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers")
       => get rid of, remove -- (dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood")

Sense 2
slough off -- (separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion)
       => amputate, cut off -- (remove surgically; "amputate limbs")