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stripping

verb

Meaning

  1. To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
  2. (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
  3. To perform a striptease.
  4. To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
  5. To remove cargo from (a container).
  6. To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
  7. The act of one who strips.
  8. A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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