disfurnish

verb

Definition of disfurnishnext
as in to strip

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  1. strip
  2. evict
  3. deprive
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  • But the move to strip public employees of affordable access to GLP-1s for weight loss is not only significant for those currently taking these drugs but also for the social and fiscal health of New York City and our entire state.
    Jeremy Cooney, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Moreover, park officials had to ask the mass of influencers arriving to create content to adhere to 'countryside morals' and not strip down in the waterfalls to take selfies or treat the park like a beach.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of strip
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  • But being evicted from public housing pitched her right back into it.
    Sawyer Loftus, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
  • In September, sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina charged Nathaniel Drayton, a coach of the post-grad Hardeeville Vikings, with defrauding players and innkeepers after multiple hotels evicted the team for not paying.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of evict
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  • The current House Republican Farm Bill language would halt the progress that has been made, repeat the failures of the past, and deprive millions of struggling households of billions in food benefits.
    Molly Wasow Park, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Prosecutors argued Spencer often would strategically give or withhold drugs from his victims, deprive them of sleep and food and threaten them with firearms or extreme physical violence, such as strangling them.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of deprive
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