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Skeletonizing

Skeletonize \Skel"e*ton*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skeletonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Skeletonizing.] To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.
--Pop. Sci. Monthly.

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skeletonizing

vb. (present participle of skeletonize English)

Usage examples of "skeletonizing".

The chain's methodical skeletonizing of its newsrooms affected even Emma's career trajectory.