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1
the
act
of
removing
something from
somewhere
:
Examples:
Logging
companies
were
guilty
of the stripping of
jungle
mountains
and
plains
of their
natural
cover
.
the stripping of the
bark
from
cork
oak
trees
A
heat
gun
is
useful
if you do a lot of
paint
stripping.
2
the
act
of
removing
everything that is not part of the
structure
of a room or
building
:
Examples:
The stripping of the
kitchen
, and
disposal
of all
units
and
appliances
, was
included
in the
quoted
price
.
3
the
act
of taking something away from someone,
usually
as a
form
of
punishment
:
Examples:
The new
Act
proposed
various
sanctions
,
including
the stripping of
citizenship
from
Americans
.
Positive
drug
tests
would
lead
to
retroactive
disqualifications,
including
stripping of any
medals
, and two-year
bans
.
4
the
act
of taking off all of your
clothes
, or of taking off all of another person's
clothes
:
Examples:
Everyone has to go through the
process
of stripping and
showering
before they can have any
contact
with the
test
animals
.
No stripping off was
involved
— everyone
remained
fully
clothed
at all times.
The
report
listed
a
number
of
abuses
including
the
repeated
stripping of
prisoners
as a
punishment
.
5
the
activity
or job of taking off your
clothes
in
public
in a
sexually
exciting
way, as a
form
of
entertainment
:
Examples:
She
wrote
an
article
about her year as a
stripper
, and
described
stripping as a
branch
of show
business
.
Not everyone is
suited
to a
career
in stripping.
6
material
in the
form
of a
strip
that is
placed
around something in
order
to
protect
it:
Examples:
Ways
to
deter
slugs
include
copper
stripping around
young
shoots
or
crushed
eggshells
on the
nearby
ground
.
7
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