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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Blue and Gold will enter elliptical orbits around Mars to study how the planet interacts with the solar wind and also how the planet's atmosphere is stripped away by solar wind and space weather effects.
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Rolling blackouts, water scarcity, and economic barriers strip away these options.
—Elfatih Eltahir, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
The Tylenol claims are only the latest burden placed on the shoulders of pregnant people and parents in the past few years, from the Supreme Court stripping away reproductive rights to critical funding being taken from Medicaid for children who need it.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
But Ukraine need not destroy every element of the Russian military to achieve strategic neutralization—stripping away the enemy of its ability to achieve its objectives.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Rolling blackouts, water scarcity, and economic barriers strip away these options.
—Elfatih Eltahir, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
The Tylenol claims are only the latest burden placed on the shoulders of pregnant people and parents in the past few years, from the Supreme Court stripping away reproductive rights to critical funding being taken from Medicaid for children who need it.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2025
But Ukraine need not destroy every element of the Russian military to achieve strategic neutralization—stripping away the enemy of its ability to achieve its objectives.
—Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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