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stripping

verb , present participle of strip

Synonyms and Antonyms of stripping

1 to remove clothing from

the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam

Synonyms of stripping

disrobing, unclothing, undressing

Words Related to stripping

baring, denuding, divesting, exposing, uncovering, undraping, unveiling

barking, flaying, peeling, skinning

Near Antonyms of stripping

appareling (or apparelling), arraying, attiring, caparisoning, clothing, costuming, covering, decking, dressing, feathering, garbing, garmenting, investing, rigging (out), vesting

cloaking, mantling

draping, swaddling, swathing

accoutring (or accoutering), equipping, furnishing, outfitting

Antonyms of stripping

dressing, gowning, robing

2 to take something away from

an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority

Synonyms of stripping

abating, bereaving, depriving, divesting

Words Related to stripping

cheating, cleaning (out), defrauding, shortchanging

bankrupting, disfurnishing, impoverishing

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