délester

Délester une route

To divert traffic from a road, to reduce congestion on a road

Délester une vieille dame de ses bijoux

To steal an old lady's jewellery/jewelry (literally, “to rob an old lady of her jewellery/jewelry”)

J’avais l’impression, fugitive, de m’élever. D’approcher d’une sorte de magie du verbe, délesté de toute scorie, de tout gras.

I had the fleeting impression of rising. Of approaching a sort of the verb, relieve of all slag, of all fat.