disbranch
transitive verb
dis·branch
də|sˈbr|anch,
(ˈ)di|s¦br|,
|ˈspr|,
|¦spr|,
|aa(ə)n-,
|ain-,
|ȧn-
: to divest of a branch : tear off (as a branch)
Word History
Etymology
Middle French desbrancher, from des- dis- entry 1 + branche branch
- cosmeticize
- cosmeticized
- cosmeticizes
- cosmeticizing
- cosmetics
- cosmetized
- cosmetizes
- cosmetizing
- cosmetologies
- cosmetologist
- cosmetologists
- cosmetology
- cosmic
- cosmic background radiation
- cosmic dust
- cosmic microwave background
- cosmic noise
- cosmic philosophy
- cosmic radiation
- cosmic ray
- cosmic string
- cosmic year
- cosmic-ray shower
- cosmic-ray telescope
- cosmical