Strip (verb)

  1. Remove the clothes or covering from.
  2. Remove (something) from a surface or thing.
  3. Reduce (something) to its basic or essential components.
  4. Deprive (someone) of power, rank, or property.
  5. Remove paint, varnish, or a similar substance from (a surface).

Origin:

Middle english: from old norse strīpa, from a germanic word meaning "to make a stroke, tear".

Examples:

  1. She stripped the bed and put on fresh sheets.
  2. The thief stripped the gold necklace from her neck.
  3. He stripped the wallpaper from the walls.
  4. The dictator was stripped of his power and arrested.
  5. They stripped the old paint from the doors.
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