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disfurnish

verb

Definition of disfurnish

as in to strip

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Black Zombie uncovers the Haitian roots of the zombie, exposing how Western cinema transformed spiritual tradition into horror while stripping it of identity, agency, and history.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Higher ticket items are more likely to be resold, partially recycled or stripped for their materials such as gemstones.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026

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One of the attractions of self-storage as a business is that evicting stuff is easier than evicting people.

— David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Teeny, along with several other animals, was surrendered to the Arizona Humane Society after their own was sadly evicted from their residence.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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The pandemic closed the Vatican Museums for months, depriving the Holy See of one of its main sources of revenue.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
That season, however, there was only a one-week break between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, depriving the league of its normal buffer zone.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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