strip away

1. (transitive)To remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly.

   When we stripped away the old wallpaper, we discovered an interesting mural painted on the wall.

   The government has stripped away some of our basic rights by passing a series of controversial laws.

2. (figuratively, transitive)To discard or disregard; to ignore (a factor that obscures the reality).

   If you strip away the hype, you find that he is just an ordinary person trying to make a living, like everyone else.

1. Over time, the planet’s atmosphere was stripped away because it lacks a magnetic field like Earth’s, making it seemingly inhospitable.

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• strip downчистити, обібратиTo remove all of one's clothing.
• strip offTo remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.
• strip outTo remove (a part from a machine).
• strip awayTo remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly.