Degloving refers specifically to the forcible and sudden removal of skin and soft tissue. (citywidelaw.com)
But extrapolated to all areas of North America where beavers have traditionally lived and then placed in the context of a preindustrial world, it suggests that beavers — as well as their relatively sudden removal from the landscape by trappers in pre-Colonial times — may have had a substantial effect on global climate. (sciencemag.org)
The caucus plan would, first off, continue the ACA's cost - sharing payments to insurers in order to offset the cost of covering sicker patients in the exchange plans — and avoid the market - rupturing disruption that would almost certainly be caused by their sudden removal, said Reed on a conference call yesterday afternoon. (fortune.com)