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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Who has had their fandom stripped away?
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
The tests — with buses driven in underground mines to strip away external signals — were conducted both on brand-new Yutong buses and on three-year old vehicles from Dutch bus manufacturer VDL, the company said.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act also stripped away much of the incentives for wind and solar projects previously passed under the Biden Administration.
—Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
With projects bracing for termination, mission teams broken apart and safety protocols weakened, the guardrails that once kept NASA from repeating its worst tragedies are being stripped away in real time.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
The tests — with buses driven in underground mines to strip away external signals — were conducted both on brand-new Yutong buses and on three-year old vehicles from Dutch bus manufacturer VDL, the company said.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act also stripped away much of the incentives for wind and solar projects previously passed under the Biden Administration.
—Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025
With projects bracing for termination, mission teams broken apart and safety protocols weakened, the guardrails that once kept NASA from repeating its worst tragedies are being stripped away in real time.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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