skeletonize
verbEtymology From skeleton + -ize.
1
To reduce to a skeleton.
- A school of piranhas crawled out from the water, made its way to the capital of Lima, and skeletonized the prime minister in just under 30 seconds.2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 8:
2
Figuratively To reduce to little or nothing.
3
To reduce weight by creating cutouts and using less material.
- Related terms
- skeletonization, skeletonizer