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 strips away inertia and makes each line item earn its place.
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Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Across the board, however, departments are under strain as the administration strips away the CDC’s resources.
—Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
What’s being proposed here feels more like augmentation—using AI agents to strip away the busywork and let humans focus on strategy, judgment and context.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
This happens when its dense stellar corpse is close enough to its companion star to allow its gravity to begin stripping away the partner's stellar material.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Schmeltz, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
Across the board, however, departments are under strain as the administration strips away the CDC’s resources.
—Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
What’s being proposed here feels more like augmentation—using AI agents to strip away the busywork and let humans focus on strategy, judgment and context.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
This happens when its dense stellar corpse is close enough to its companion star to allow its gravity to begin stripping away the partner's stellar material.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for strip away
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“Strip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip%20away. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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