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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Some were even met with oversized cut-outs of their actual faces, floating disembodied above the crowd. — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2023 Their informants are callers, disembodied and sometimes never seen at all. — Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 29 May 2020 Her vocals, which are best described as postmodern Ronnie Spector, were disembodied and ominous. — Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 26 Apr. 2018 Apple released an official trailer for the series Monday, a week after debuting a teaser that consisted of overlapping lines of dialogue from its stars disembodied over images of the empty sets. — Danielle Turchiano, chicagotribune.com, 19 Aug. 2019 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

Word History

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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