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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Like the Abstract Expressionists who came to define an aesthetic century, this home had the power not just to strip away excesses in the aftermath of war, but to change how Americans lived forever with a vision for a cleaner, brighter future.
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Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
This new framing, so simple and effective, utterly transformed Webber’s work, stripping away the original version’s commercial kitschiness to find the purring realness beneath.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
General Tips for Washing Wool Just as our hair can be damaged by washing it too often and stripping away natural oils, so can wool.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
But Frances-Wright and others who track online extremism and disinformation said language glorifying violence against women or celebrating the possibility of their rights being stripped away has spiked since the election.
—Christine Fernando, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
This new framing, so simple and effective, utterly transformed Webber’s work, stripping away the original version’s commercial kitschiness to find the purring realness beneath.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
General Tips for Washing Wool Just as our hair can be damaged by washing it too often and stripping away natural oils, so can wool.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
But Frances-Wright and others who track online extremism and disinformation said language glorifying violence against women or celebrating the possibility of their rights being stripped away has spiked since the election.
—Christine Fernando, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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