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as in bare
lacking a usual or natural covering
bought matching end tables of stripped pine
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as in naked
lacking or shed of clothing
highway construction workers, stripped to the waist, toiled away in the sweltering heat
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also stript
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as in undressed
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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as in deprived
to take something away from
an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority
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Recent Examples of stripped
ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
From Budapest to Jakarta, Indonesia, public health agencies are being stripped of funding and independence.
—Jessica A.j. Rich, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
The decision stripped the outcome of any mystery.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Fox lawyers last week argued to the FCC that the football league should be stripped of its broadcasting antitrust exemption.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The measure, put forward by Bahrain, had been stripped of stronger language to authorize use of force to secure the critical waterway.
—Sarah Dean, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
Avoid anything that makes your face feel tight or stripped afterward.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Right now, they are buried under 12 direct reports; stripped of administrative support; being asked to lead AI transformation initiatives they weren’t hired or trained for; and doing it all in an environment where employee trust and engagement are near historic lows.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Crittenton is joining a wave of hospitals, health care providers and others across the state that have collectively laid off thousands of employees over the past year because they’ve been stripped of billions of dollars in federal and state funding for health care and other federal assistance.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
In 2024, the government announced that several serving and former Australian military commanders had been stripped of medals over allegations of war crimes committed in Afghanistan.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
From Budapest to Jakarta, Indonesia, public health agencies are being stripped of funding and independence.
—Jessica A.j. Rich, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
The decision stripped the outcome of any mystery.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Fox lawyers last week argued to the FCC that the football league should be stripped of its broadcasting antitrust exemption.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The measure, put forward by Bahrain, had been stripped of stronger language to authorize use of force to secure the critical waterway.
—Sarah Dean, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
Avoid anything that makes your face feel tight or stripped afterward.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
Right now, they are buried under 12 direct reports; stripped of administrative support; being asked to lead AI transformation initiatives they weren’t hired or trained for; and doing it all in an environment where employee trust and engagement are near historic lows.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
Crittenton is joining a wave of hospitals, health care providers and others across the state that have collectively laid off thousands of employees over the past year because they’ve been stripped of billions of dollars in federal and state funding for health care and other federal assistance.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stripped
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The light that falls from the left, through half-open windows, onto Vermeer’s walls, some of them bare, testifies not so much to an overcast Dutch day as to a suffusion of grace.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The actress posed in a field of flowers while clutching her bare chest.—
Sarah Sotoodeh,
FOXNews.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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The image was captured through the window of the Orion spacecraft on Monday evening as the Artemis II crew conducted a flyby of the moon — becoming the first humans to see some parts of the moon's far side with the naked eye and traveling farther from Earth than any other humans in history.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Often nearly invisible to the naked eye, microplastics have insidiously found their way into people’s lungs, arterial plaques and brains through food, air and water, researchers have found.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Last year’s best actress winner Mikey Madison arrived in a gown by Dilara Findikoglu that seemed to capture the moment of getting undressed.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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The New Richmond incident follows a Title IX investigation launched in 2023 into the Sun Prairie School District over allegations an 18-year-old student undressed in front of students in the girls' locker room.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The fall of Assad in December 2024 deprived Russia of its one reliable ally in the region.—
Jeffrey Taliaferro,
The Conversation,
11 Apr. 2026
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This criminal organization deprived them of that peace of mind.—
Dan Snyder,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Plus, by leaving the foot more exposed, sandals help elongate the leg, which is particularly useful when wearing capri-length pants.—
René Chávez Esparza,
Glamour,
22 Mar. 2026
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The objective is to reduce exposed equity within the entity in a lawful and structured manner.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Monroe went from notable to notorious when, in 1952, journalist Aline Mosby first reported that a pinup calendar—featuring a ravishing blonde nude spread across red velvet—was in fact a photograph of the burgeoning star.—
Joshua John Miller,
Vanity Fair,
9 Apr. 2026
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Their daughter was bullied by fake nude images at school.—
Bethany Bruner,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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Purchase pre-peeled garlic cloves in bulk or peel the garlic cloves yourself using the flat side of a large knife to mash them slightly and then peel off the skins.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Feb. 2026
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Use pre-peeled carrots or bagged baby carrots to save prep time.—
Renu Dhar,
Southern Living,
24 Nov. 2025
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An uncovered pinch by Ian Moore created a jail break and, to compound matters, Moore was an onlooker as Suter hammered the puck.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
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Williams sued American Demolition and uncovered years of safety issues.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Stripped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stripped. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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