strip from
Frequency: 6.910.1 per million words
to remove a layer from a surface
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Examples (10)
- The bark is stripped from the trees by hand.
- He stripped the old wallpaper from the bedroom walls.
- You need to strip the old paint from the door before repainting.
- The machine strips the outer casing from the electrical wires.
- Dead leaves were stripped from the branches by the strong wind.
- The jeweler carefully stripped the gold plating from the silver ring.
- Varnish should be stripped from the furniture using a chemical solvent.
- It took hours to strip the rust from the old metal pipes.
- The workers stripped the lead roofing from the derelict building.
- She used a special tool to strip the insulation from the cable.