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(noun) strip show, striptease
a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
she did a strip right in front of everyone
(noun) airstrip, landing strip, flight strip
an airfield without normal airport facilities
(noun) slip
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
(noun) funnies, comic strip, cartoon strip
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
(verb) discase, disrobe, uncase, unclothe, undress, strip down, peel
get undressed
please don't undress in front of everybody!; She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
(verb) disinvest, divest, undress
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim; She divested herself of her outdoor clothes; He disinvested himself of his garments
(verb) dismantle
take off or remove
strip a wall of its wallpaper
lay bare
denude a forest
(verb) leach
remove substances from by a percolating liquid
leach the soil
(verb) clean
remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
The boys cleaned the sandwich platters; The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
take away possessions from someone
The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
(verb) rifle, ransack, reave, plunder, pillage, despoil, foray, loot
steal goods; take as spoils
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners