Definition of "disembody"

disembody

verb
third-person singular simple present disembodies, present participle disembodying, simple past and past participle disembodied
1. To cause someone's soul, spirit, consciousness, voice, etc, to become separated from the physical body.
2. To separate (a part of the body) from the body.
  Quotations
  "[he] wore the high, stiff collars which were the fashion of the day: in pictures these tend to disembody his head, making him look constrained, uncomfortable, yet they remained his choice."
  1982, William Buchan, John Buchan: a memoir, page 109
  Jerusha turned, a flush on her cheeks that wasn't makeup, a swath of steam from the vaporizer swirling around her chest, disembodying her head.
  2015, Marlys Millhiser, Nightmare Country
3. To discharge from military service or array.