STRIPT (DOWN) Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

stripped (down)

verb

variants also stript (down)

past tense of strip (down)

as in pruned

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Small plantings can be pruned back by hand with pruners, while larger beds can be tackled by mowing the plants down with your lawnmower deck set on the highest setting.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Sep. 2026
Hydrangeas that bloom on new wood can be pruned later, in late winter or early spring.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of pruned

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Goertz took Birdsall's basic ideas and refined them into something far more cohesive, blending the visual extravagance of 1950s America with a distinctly European sense of proportion.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026
Automakers like Toyota have refined their hybrid powertrain systems over the years to ensure that vehicles can travel incredibly long distances on a single tank of gas.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of refined

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While most people recognize that this process takes years and involves various stages, public knowledge of specifics is often oversimplified, overdramatized, or simply left mysterious.

— Tahneer Oksman, NPR, 23 July 2026
These categories complicate what can otherwise be oversimplified.

— Matthew Alemu, The Conversation, 15 June 2026

Definition of oversimplified

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Washington’s offense had started to find a rhythm and had just trimmed the Eagles’ lead to 17-16.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Chicago lost its fourth straight game and had its AL Central lead trimmed to one half game over Cleveland, which beat Minnesota 5-2.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2026

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