Synonyms

stripped

American

[stript] / strɪpt /

adjective

having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed.

trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.
having had usable parts or items removed, as for reuse or resale.

the hulk of a stripped car.
having or containing the bare essentials, with no added features or accessories.

a stripped new car, with no radio or air conditioning.

Other Word Forms

unstripped adjective

Etymology

Origin of stripped

First recorded in 1925–30; strip ¹ + -ed ²

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Example Sentences

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Piles of casings, stripped of their copper, had been crammed outside a basement window.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright stripped the ball from Hurts, and Chicago marched 92 yards on 12 plays in a drive capped by Monangai's touchdown.

From Barron's

"We've lost everything now and we couldn't get in on the day. Everything is now going to be stripped out but it's going to take six months to get things back."

From BBC

Wallen’s music is commercial and polished; Bryan’s is stripped down and frayed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under Ten Hag he was stripped of the captaincy and came close to a cut-price move to West Ham in 2023.

From BBC

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