strip away
phrasal verb
stripped away also stript away; stripping away; strips away
1
: to remove (something that covers a surface) : to pull pieces of a covering away from a surface
strip away the bark of a tree
2
: to remove (unimportant material) from something
The editor stripped away repetitive sections of the essay.
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Regular use can strip away protective oils and finishes.
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Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
This effect would be strongest over the largest-distance scales, so, for example, the slowest-moving galaxies near the edge of a galaxy cluster would be lost to the expansion, stripped away from the cluster like the outermost leaves on a head of lettuce.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
This protection doesn’t cover everything, however; lighter species of gases — including water vapor — are constantly stripped away by the solar wind, and seen in Venus’s magnetotail.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
And imagine how expensive that vacation already is, as over the past few years, Disney has stripped away additional perks like the airport bus service and extended park hours, in favor of more points of purchase and labor-cost savings.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
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Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
This effect would be strongest over the largest-distance scales, so, for example, the slowest-moving galaxies near the edge of a galaxy cluster would be lost to the expansion, stripped away from the cluster like the outermost leaves on a head of lettuce.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
This protection doesn’t cover everything, however; lighter species of gases — including water vapor — are constantly stripped away by the solar wind, and seen in Venus’s magnetotail.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
And imagine how expensive that vacation already is, as over the past few years, Disney has stripped away additional perks like the airport bus service and extended park hours, in favor of more points of purchase and labor-cost savings.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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