disembody

Meanings

verbdisembody (third-person singular simple present disembodies, present participle disembodying, simple past and past participle disembodied)

present singular third person disembodies · participle present disembodying · participle past disembodied · past disembodied

To cause someone's soul, spirit, consciousness, voice, etc, to become separated from the physical body.
To separate (a part of the body) from the body.
Jerusha turned, a flush on her cheeks that wasn't makeup, a swath of steam from the vaporizer swirling around her chest, disembodying her head.
2015, Marlys Millhiser, Nightmare Country, →ISBN
1 more example
"[he] wore the high, stiff collars which were the fashion of the day: in pictures these tend to disembody his head, making him look constrained, uncomfortable, yet they remained his choice."
1982, William Buchan, John Buchan: a memoir, page 109
To discharge from military service or array.

Bulgarian обезплътявам

обезплътявам (obezplătjavam)to cause one's soul, spirit, or consciousness to become separated from the physical body

German entkörperlichen

entkörperlichento cause one's soul, spirit, or consciousness to become separated from the physical body

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