stripping 1 of 2

noun

Definition of strippingnext
as in invasion

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stripping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of strip
1
as in undressing
to remove clothing from the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam

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2
as in depriving
to take something away from an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority

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  1. invasion
  2. depriving
  3. occupancy
  4. occupation
  5. infringement
Noun
  • The researchers had been galvanized by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in February, 2022.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The city is known worldwide as the site of a Russian massacre early in the 2022 invasion.
    Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of invasion
Verb
  • The easily readable summations that AI creates mean users have fewer incentives to click through to publisher sites, depriving sites of traffic and, ultimately, ad income.
    Geoffroy Martin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Yoon survived a first impeachment vote last weekend, when his party largely boycotted the vote, depriving parliament of a quorum.
    Joyce Lee, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of depriving
Noun
  • The tour’s launch in Stockholm turned the Swedish capital into a hive of activity, with hotel occupancy spiking 94.6% during her stay.
    Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Limited availability of good real estate has helped Simon to keep rents and occupancy levels high.
    David Moin, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of occupancy
Noun
  • In contrast, the number of cleaners and janitors remained stable, indicating that frontline service occupations were not significantly affected.
    London School of Economics, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • But Poilievre’s endorsement of the occupation of Ottawa by a convoy of truckers during the pandemic—unpopular in the country, but popular in his party—was seen as pandering of a kind and had a note of Foxy demagoguery about it that was largely new to Canada.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of occupation
Noun
  • Republican lawmakers have railed against previous legislation, including the more sweeping assault weapons ban proposals, as government overreach and infringements on the Second Amendment.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Per The Guardian, Nosferatu also has an unusual historical significance because of a copyright infringement suit filed by Bram Stoker’s widow, Florence Balcombe, which resulted in an order that all prints of the film be restored.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of infringement
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