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Free sign upThe phrase "be divested of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which someone has lost or been forced to surrender something, such as a material possession or a legal right or obligation. For example, "When he was fired from his job, he was suddenly divested of all his benefits".
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Watson wants to do the same; he wants Murdoch to be divested of his company.
By 2014, Kroenke must be divested of his interests in the Avalanche and the Nuggets to comply with the N.F.L.'s cross-ownership rules.
The oil and gas industry must be divested of its political power and cheap, reliable alternative energy must be made available.
Alcopop could be divested of its deceiving glamour, fatty food could be labelled as just that, sugar could be generically dispensed.
It is an entirely wordless sequence in which an old man (Godfrey again) is levered from his bed to be divested of his pyjamas and dressed in shirt, trousers, socks and shoes by a loving carer.
As of that date, the old Turkish lira will be divested of six zeros and the new Turkish lira, or YTL, will be circulated as bank notes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100.
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The transcendent God, who is beyond all being, all rationality, and all conceptuality, is divested of divine transcendence.
They're divested of all of their meaning.
Its patriarch was executed, and the church was divested of its extensive landholdings.
This is the travel of dismay – dismay means being divested of power or ability.
As he was being taken to an operating room, Sharon was divested of his authority as Prime Minister.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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