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skeletonise

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skel⋅e⋅ton⋅ize

  [skel-i-tn-ahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to reduce to a skeleton, outline, or framework.
2. to reduce in size or number, as a military unit.
3. to construct in outline.
Also, especially British, skel⋅e⋅ton⋅ise.

Origin:
1635–45; skeleton + -ize

Related forms:
skel⋅e⋅ton⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
skel⋅e⋅ton⋅iz⋅er, noun
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