šaḫāṭu(m) (2)

1) to tear away , to tear off , to tear down , skin, fur ... : to skin , to flay ; 2) to take off garment, headdress ... ; 3) guilt, evil ... : to cast off , to remove ; 4) darkness of an eclipse : to remove , to cause to disappear ; 5) bricks by drawing off mould : to form , to shape / to make / to produce ; 6) roofbeams ... : to tear down ; 7) sword ... : to draw , to unsheathe ; 8) parts of body : meaning unclear ;

Cf. šaḫṭu, šiḫṭu (2)