descarnar

to remove the flesh from

to eat away

descarnar

transitive verb

1. (to scrape the flesh from)

a. to remove the flesh from

Algunas culturas dejan los cadáveres expuestos antes de enterrarlos para que los animales carroñeros los descarnen.

Some cultures live bodies exposed before burying them so that scavengers remove the flesh from them.

2. (to consume by eating)

a. to eat away

Estos nuevos modelos de negocios han descarnado nuestro derecho a la privacidad.

These new business models have eaten away our right to privacy.

b. to erode

El viento incesante había descarnado la superficie de la montaña; solo quedaba un suelo rocoso.

The incessant wind had eroded the surface of the mountain, leaving behind a rocky soil.