desoul

D2E1S1O1U1L1

verb

To strip of a soul.

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Meanings

verbdesoul (third-person singular simple present desouls, present participle desouling, simple past and past participle desouled)

present singular third person desouls · participle present desouling · participle past desouled · past desouled

  1. transitiveTo strip of a soul.

    […] there followed centuries of the exploration of matter that has led to the matter-worship of our modern age and the desouling of the world.

    2005, Robert B. Clarke, An Order Outside Time
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    The crucial shared features are desouling, release of the soul from its “vessel,” and travel by transformation from one level of existence to another through a portal linking levels.

    1998, Shirley Boteler Mock, The Sowing and the Dawning, page 38

Origin

From de- + soul.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

souled
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APA

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MLA

“desoul.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desoul. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desoul,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desoul.

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