skeletonize
/ˈskɛlətənaɪz/
verb
- To reduce something to its basic structure or outline, removing all unnecessary parts.
- The architect decided to skeletonize the building design to focus on the main supports.
- In the editing process, the writer had to skeletonize the long article into a short summary.
- The artist skeletonized the landscape drawing, showing only the hills and rivers.
- To remove the flesh from a body or carcass, leaving only the bones.
- The museum used beetles to gently skeletonize small specimens for display.
- Forensic scientists skeletonize animal remains to study the bones.
- In the desert, the sun and scavengers quickly skeletonize any dead animal.
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