Synonyms of stripping

stripping 1 of 2

noun

as in invasion

Related Words

• invasion
• ejection
• occupancy
• occupation
• infringement
• dispossession
• encroachment
• looting
• pillaging
• deforcement
• trespass
• disfurnishment
• piracy
• misuse
• preoccupancy
• confiscation
• theft
• embezzlement
• misappropriation
• despoilment
• grab
• annexation
• takeover
• misapplication
• peculation
• sequestration
• expropriation
• repossession
• assumption
• usurpation
• defalcation
• impoundment
• appropriation
• seizure
• preemption
• commandeering
• attachment
• arrogation
• detainer

stripping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of strip

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• undressing
• disrobing
• exposing
• unclothing
• baring
• denuding
• peeling
• uncovering
• divesting
• unveiling
• barking
• flaying
• undraping
• skinning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dressing
• covering
• clothing
• robing
• dressing
• investing
• gowning
• decking
• arraying
• vesting
• costuming
• feathering
• rigging (out)
• cloaking
• draping
• mantling
• garbing
• furnishing
• swathing
• attiring
• swaddling
• equipping
• appareling
• outfitting
• caparisoning
• garmenting
• accoutring

2

as in depriving

to take something away from

an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depriving
• divesting
• denuding
• bereaving
• cheating
• abating
• defrauding
• cleaning (out)
• shortchanging
• bankrupting
• impoverishing
• disfurnishing

Example Sentences

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

Protect the barrier and cleanse without stripping with botanical oils and beeswax. — Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

In practice, this means counting the steps to make a transaction and stripping them down. — Clarissa Windham-Bradstock, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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