strip away
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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Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Start building the courage to strip away the old to make way for the bold.
—Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Efe Aydar, the architect and interior designer behind the project, explained that the old hotel’s various ornamentations were stripped away.
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Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Start building the courage to strip away the old to make way for the bold.
—Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
But there's a whole other class of AI models whose guardrails are much easier to strip away.
—Huo Jingnan, NPR, 31 May 2026
Efe Aydar, the architect and interior designer behind the project, explained that the old hotel’s various ornamentations were stripped away.
—Anya Von Bremzen, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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