disrobe

[dis-rohb]

verb (used with or without object)

disrobed, disrobing 

1. to undress.

disrobe

/ dɪsˈrəʊb /

verb

1. to remove the clothing of (a person) or (of a person) to undress

2. (tr) to divest of authority, etc

Other Word Forms

• disrobement noun
• disrober noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disrobe¹

1575–85; dis- ¹ + robe; compare Middle French desrober

Example Sentences

In between hard seltzers and gelato, guests disrobed down to their bathing suits as they engaged in an exercise, or experiment, in intimacy.

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And in 2022, a temple in the northern province of Phetchabun was left without any monks after all four of its monks were arrested in a drug raid and were disrobed.

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When we were eventually led into Osmosis’ tidy changing rooms to disrobe, I smelled what she meant before I saw it.

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When they were in cells visible to each other, Baker said he told Monica Sementilli to partially disrobe and perform a sexual act, which he said she did.

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During her initial consultation she was told to disrobe and Mowlavi examined her without a female chaperon in the room and without wearing gloves, according to the accusation.

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Related Words

• undress