Past tense of divest; having been stripped away or having withdrawn investment or involvement.
Past tense and past participle of 'divest,' from Old French 'devester' and Latin 'devestire.' Forms the completed action of removing or stripping.
When South Africa was divested of international investment during apartheid, the world literally stripped it of financial support—this verb carries the weight of moral and political action.
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