stripped
Americanadjective
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having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed.
trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
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having had usable parts or items removed, as for reuse or resale.
the hulk of a stripped car.
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having or containing the bare essentials, with no added features or accessories.
a stripped new car, with no radio or air conditioning.
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A firebreak is essentially a stretch of land that has been stripped of all vegetation to stop the fire from spreading.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Those Russell put options are now a cheaper hedge as some of the more volatile names have been stripped out.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
When everything else is stripped away, that alone typifies Martin’s failure of leadership.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Anthropic also purchased millions of print copies in bulk, stripped the books’ bindings and made scanned digital copies that were used to train Claude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Then Hector stripped his armor from him and casting his own aside, put it on.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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