strip away

phrasal verb

stripped away also stript away; stripping away; strips away

: to remove (something that covers a surface) : to pull pieces of a covering away from a surface

strip away the bark of a tree

: to remove (unimportant material) from something

The editor stripped away repetitive sections of the essay.

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While the three previous Starship test flights each softly splashed down at sea, onboard camera views showed some of the ship's heat-absorbing ceramic tiles stripping away from the vehicle during reentry. —

Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025 Cooking highly acidic food can strip away the seasoning. —

Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024 The Sonicare 4100 strips away the unnecessary embellishments, focusing instead on quality features like a pressure sensor, a two-minute timer, and a long-lasting battery (about two weeks on a single charge). —

Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024 Like the Abstract Expressionists who came to define an aesthetic century, this home had the power not just to strip away excesses in the aftermath of war, but to change how Americans lived forever with a vision for a cleaner, brighter future. —

Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for strip away