stripping (of rights, office, etc.);  deprivation;  divestiture;  forfeit;  revocation
 detachment;  coming off;  peeling off;  (flow) separation
 peeling off (e.g. of paint);  falling off (e.g. of tiles);  exfoliation;  desquamation;  excoriation
 decortication;  peeling;  denuding
 flake;  chip;  speck or flake used for the production of stone tools