stripping
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈstrɪpɪŋ/
:
eliminación
- Hardest part was probably the wheel wells stripping that factory undercoating, which is difficult.
- air stripping
- stripping away
- stripping process
She taught me basic tips for stripping, sanding, and repainting or staining wood.
- She taught me basic tips for stripping, sanding, and repainting or staining wood.
Examples
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To become an educated person has historically involved the stripping away of superstition.
Academic text (1991) -
So I got some cleaning and stripping and other stuff to do.
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I want to enter the stripping competition.
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For easy stripping and cleaning.
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I was not game for using the stripping gel on every layer of paint.
Blog text (28) -
Pilgrimage was a kenotic movement, a stripping away of the external sources of stability in one's life.
Academic text (2008) -
She works at the stripping place on the corner of Thieu and Tu Do Streets.
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Propane torches, the old guy's best paint stripping pal, do get hot enough to vaporize lead.
Blog text (15) -
Cable stripping takes coolness and calmness and the ability not to hesitate or flinch.
Fiction book (1990) -
The workers are focused on stripping the paint from the old furniture to restore its original look.
Synonyms
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3.5
The act of removing something you do not need
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4.3
Removing something from a place using effort or force
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6.3
Removing a cover to show something hidden
Removing the outer leaves from ears of corn to get the small seeds
Removal of a surface layer, for example from skin or land by natural forces
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.5
A thin piece of material placed around doors and windows to stop cold air, water or dust from entering
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stripping comes from the verb strip, which long ago meant 'to pull off' or 'make bare'. Think of pulling away a long strip of material, so stripping is the action of removing a layer or cover.