disembody
Strip of flesh
To disembody is to separate from or deprive of a body.
The word appears most often as the adjective disembodied: a disembodied voice seems to come from nowhere, a disembodied spirit exists without physical form.
The term suggests something ghostly or disconnected from its source: A disembodied laugh echoed through the empty hallway.
Innermost animating essence
- ghostApparition of the dead
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
specter · wraith · poltergeist · revenant · shade · astral · ethereal · otherworldly
Not physically present
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- nonphysicalNot of matter
- formlessLacking definite shape
impalpable · nebulous · amorphous · conceptual · theoretical · metaphysical · transcendent · ephemeral
Without payment or restriction
- releaseTo let go
- unshackleRemove bonds from
- emancipateGrant freedom to
- unchainRemove restraining links
unfetter · unburden · deliverance · liberation · extricate · untether · transcend · escape
soul
Innermost animating essence
- ghostApparition of the dead
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
phantom · specter · wraith · poltergeist · revenant · shade · astral · ethereal · otherworldly · supernatural
intangible
Not physically present
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- nonphysicalNot of matter
formless · impalpable · nebulous · amorphous · conceptual · theoretical · metaphysical · transcendent · ephemeral · invisible
free
Without payment or restriction
- releaseTo let go
- unshackleRemove bonds from
- emancipateGrant freedom to
unchain · unfetter · unburden · deliverance · liberation · extricate · untether · transcend · escape · shed
detach
To separate from
- disconnectTo break a connection
- severCut apart completely
- disengageBreak free from attachment
extricate · dissociate · decouple · disjoin · remove · isolate · extract · divorce · part · disentangle
disembodyembody
Express through physical form
incarnate · materialize · manifest · personify · reincarnate
disembodyconcretize
Make abstract things tangible
reify · epitomize · externalize · objectify · actualize
- disembodied voiceSpeech without visible source