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STRIPPING
- STRIP, to remove the outer covering [v]
- STRIP, to remove the outer covering from [v]
- Milk (a cow) to the last drop
- Leave bare of accessories or fittings
- Remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine, motor vehicle, etc.) to inspect or adjust it
- Deprive someone of (rank, power, or property)
- Sell off (the assets of a company) for profit
- Divest (a bond) of its interest coupons so that it and they may be sold separately
- Tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.)
- (of a screw, gearwheel, etc.) Lose its thread or teeth
- (of a bullet) Be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface
- Remove all coverings from
- Remove the clothes from (someone)
- Take off one's clothes
- Pull or tear off (a garment or covering)
- Remove bark and branches from (a tree)
- Remove paint from (a surface) with solvent
- Remove (paint) in this way
- Remove the stems from (tobacco)