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stripping 1 of 2

noun

as in invasion

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stripping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of strip

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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as in depriving

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

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Recent Examples of stripping

Noun

That worldview has become policy, aided in part by the hollowing out of the national security workforce—now stretched thin and focused on daily operations and multiple crises—and by the stripping of its coordination functions. — Ariane Tabatabai, Time, 4 Aug. 2026 Pillows filled with cotton or polyester are also safe for laundry stripping. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026 The funeral was never its doing, yet the company sits squarely at the center of the picture, and the one thing genuinely within its control is the very thing that failed, which is the stripping of its markings before resale. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Ending the program for everyone, immigrant advocates say, would be the country's largest-ever stripping of legal status from people who now have it. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 25 June 2026 Korean cleansing oils help with this problem by thoroughly washing away impurities without the harsh stripping. — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 23 June 2026 This is all because of a process known as ram pressure stripping, where the gravitational pull of another celestial body strips gas away. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 30 May 2026 Most have been arrested and arraigned on charges like auto stripping, grand larceny and conspiracy. — Alice Gainer, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 Some universities and law firms have fought back by suing the White House over the stripping of funding and access; presumably universities might do the same if Trump blocks federal funding over their NIL practices. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Verb

Crenshaw dominated early, Caden Baker stripping the ball from Odebunmi near midfield on Cleveland’s first possession and scoring on the 50-yard fumble return. — Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 At this time, the light from the first stars was stripping electrons from the hydrogen gas between them, a process called ionization. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Cops said Reveron was arrested in Queens on Sunday when he was seen stripping parts from a U-Haul truck in a parking lot. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 And this is a blatant public display of stripping that from women and girls. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The Raunchiest Miley Cyrus shocked viewers by stripping down to a nude bikini top and briefs and grinding, twerking and thrusting on fellow performer Robin Thicke at the 2013 show in one of the raciest performances in MTV history. — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 But even stripping that out, margins are moving in the right direction. — Stephanie Link, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026 Dumbphone conversion can mean switching to a basic feature phone, carrying a minimalist second device or stripping distractions from an existing smartphone. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 Earlier this month, Boise’s City Council voted unanimously and without discussion to approve Boise State University’s street name change request, stripping the road of the moniker Cesar Chavez, the once-distinguished labor activist’s name. — Idaho Statesman, 22 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stripping

Noun

The attacks followed a week of diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to get traction for negotiations on ending Moscow's invasion that began 4½ years ago.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
This photograph shows a fire burning at the Dobrobut medical centre following a Russian aerial attack on Kyiv on 28 September 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of invasion

Verb

The smart glasses users, some in California, allege the gadget captured footage of themselves and family members undressing, going to the bathroom, having sex and entering passwords.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
The sisters become the fixation of a forklift-driving mouth breather (John Connors) and are photographed while undressing by a neighbor (Malcolm Adams) who climbs up on the roof across the street to spy on them.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of undressing

Verb

The rare condition causes the carotid artery inside the skull to narrow or close, depriving the brain of oxygen.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
The pandemic closed the Vatican Museums for months, depriving the Holy See of one of its main sources of revenue.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of depriving

Noun

Still, the ejection and the outrage about Rincon’s hat simmered online and found its way onto the field.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Eddings’ comments prompted an argument with Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol that led to Marmol’s ejection.

— Michael Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of ejection

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On the last nights of the occupation, troops burned more than 400 tons of waste in open air burn pits, ostensibly for security reasons.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
But on the ground in the West Bank, the mostly symbolic moves have not affected Israel’s decades-long military occupation.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of occupation

Noun

Wade sued Swift for trademark infringement in March and asked for an emergency moratorium on merchandise sales while the case plays out.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026
Two years ago, the biggest record labels took artificial intelligence music generators to court for copyright infringement.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of infringement

Noun

For them, Zionism is defined in terms of its outcomes for Palestinians, which have included displacement, dispossession, destruction and the denial of their rights.

— Dov Waxman, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Stealing America dramatically expands this history by tracing Indigenous enslavement and land dispossession throughout the full range of American history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026