strip away
phrasal verb
stripped away also stript away; stripping away; strips away
1
: to remove (something that covers a surface) : to pull pieces of a covering away from a surface
strip away the bark of a tree
2
: to remove (unimportant material) from something
The editor stripped away repetitive sections of the essay.
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This technological reductionism strips away critical context from cultural knowledge, leading to misrepresentation and the diminishment of diverse worldviews in digital spaces.
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Hessie Jones, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Finally, massive impacts between young planets could strip away their atmospheres, leaving behind bare, rocky cores in what’s called collisional stripping.
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
In the 2022 peace talks, Russian negotiators sought to strip away Ukrainian identity, demanding that the country make Russian an official language and ban naming places after Ukrainian independence fighters.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Our current president is overturning our government into an oligarchy, women and femmes are seeing their body autonomy stripped away, and there’s a culture war against trans and LGBTQ+ people.
—Melanie Curry, refinery29.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Hessie Jones, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Finally, massive impacts between young planets could strip away their atmospheres, leaving behind bare, rocky cores in what’s called collisional stripping.
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
In the 2022 peace talks, Russian negotiators sought to strip away Ukrainian identity, demanding that the country make Russian an official language and ban naming places after Ukrainian independence fighters.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Our current president is overturning our government into an oligarchy, women and femmes are seeing their body autonomy stripped away, and there’s a culture war against trans and LGBTQ+ people.
—Melanie Curry, refinery29.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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