Definition of "unclothe" [un•clothe]

• To remove the clothing or cover from; strip. (verb-transitive)

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• "Director Ron Daniels kept the action fluid and focused - he even captured Neruda's sung love poem to his wife by having the poet artfully unclothe her, with only her upper back revealed to the audience."
• "In light that shrieked from this potency glared an image of each, perceived and bared as only climacteric can, unclothe in fervency of mutual ascent, the nakedness of man."
• "Perhaps this desire to unclothe the reporter stemmed from her deeply held belief that wearing more than a few leaves posed a grave mental health risk."