disembody

verb

dis·​em·​body ˌdis-əm-ˈbä-dē How to pronounce disembody (audio)
disembodied; disembodying; disembodies

transitive verb

: to divest of a body, of corporeal existence, or of reality

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Bowie’s version is perfectly disembodied, but Tina turns it into a dramatic, soaring, quasi-rock opera, extending the vocals emotionally and technically in a way that Bowie himself would have struggled with. — Caryn Rose, Vulture, 25 May 2023 In 2020, the American artist Sarah Slappey, 39, exhibited a series of surreal canvases in which disembodied arms, creamy lozenges and liquid tendrils collide with petal pink breasts resembling long balloons, complete with puffy areolas and noodle-like, upturned nipples. — Zoë Lescaze, New York Times, 16 May 2023

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First Known Use

1714, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of disembody was in 1714

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disembody

verb
dis·​em·​body ˌdis-əm-ˈbäd-ē How to pronounce disembody (audio)
: to deprive of bodily existence
disembodied spirits
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