dē-stringo inxī, ictus, ere, to strip off: tunica ab umeris destricta est, Ph.

—To unsheathe, draw: gladios in rem p.: gladiis destrictis impetum facere, Cs.: ensem, H.: in se destrictis securis, brandished, L.

—To touch gently, graze, skim, skirt (poet.): Aequora alis, O.: corpus, O.

—Fig., to criticise, censure, satirize: mordaci carmine quemquam, O.: alios contumeliā, Ph.