divested
Got rid of
Divested is the past tense of divest, meaning to strip away or rid of something.
A company divests assets by selling them off: The corporation divested its European holdings.
A person can be divested of power, authority, or clothing.
Reflexively, to divest oneself of something is to get rid of it deliberately: She divested herself of all sentimental attachments.
Had coverings removed
- deprivedLacking necessities
- robbedStolen from by force
- bereftDeprived through loss
- deniedRefused or disavowed
relieved · emptied · shorn · confiscated · expropriated · seized · foreclosed · repossessed
Exchanged for money
- liquidatedConverted holdings to currency
- disposedInclined toward something
- transferredMoved to new location
- offloadedTransferred elsewhere, relieved oneself of
unloaded · stripped · relinquished · surrendered · shed · parted · withdrawn · exited
Had coverings removed
- shornCut close, as wool
- denudedStripped of natural covering
- baredMade openly visible
- uncoveredMade visible or known
emptied · cleared · purged · rid · freed · cleansed · unclothed · disrobed
Released from confinement
- releasedSet free from confinement
- unburdenedFreed from a load
- relievedNo longer anxious
- liberatedReleased from confinement
emancipated · unshackled · unfettered · unchained · detached · disengaged · extricated · disentangled
stripped
Had coverings removed
denied · relieved · emptied · shorn · confiscated · expropriated · seized · foreclosed · repossessed · evicted
sold
Exchanged for money
- liquidatedConverted holdings to currency
- disposedInclined toward something
- transferredMoved to new location
offloaded · unloaded · stripped · relinquished · surrendered · shed · parted · withdrawn · exited · auctioned
stripped
Had coverings removed
uncovered · emptied · cleared · purged · rid · freed · cleansed · unclothed · disrobed · peeled
freed
Released from confinement
- releasedSet free from confinement
- unburdenedFreed from a load
- relievedNo longer anxious
liberated · emancipated · unshackled · unfettered · unchained · detached · disengaged · extricated · disentangled · unbound