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v. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

strip, dismantle, strip of its coverings

v. take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper"

strip, deprive, divest, dispossess

v. take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

strip, undress, divest, disinvest

v. 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"

strip, undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, disrobe, strip down

v. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

strip, clear, denude, bare, denudate, lay bare

v. remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"

strip, foray, pillage, rifle, plunder, ransack, despoil, reave

v. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (3)

strip, opencast, opencut

adj. (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface; "opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine"

Fuzzynyms (127)

belt

n. endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

band, banding, stripe

n. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

efface, erase, wipe off, score out, rub out

v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

rub

v. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

stroke, fondle

v. touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard"

burnish, buff, flush, furbish

v. polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"

clean, make clean

v. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

clean, cleanse

v. clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"

sponge

v. wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten

scour, abrade

v. rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"

grate, scrape

v. scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

skin, peel, pare

v. strip the skin off; "pare apples"

shave

v. remove body hair with a razor

shave, plane, cut slices from

v. cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"

shave, touch lightly

v. touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

strip, clear, denude, bare, denudate, lay bare

v. remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"

strip, undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, disrobe, strip down

v. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

free, dislodge

v. remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"

free, rid, disembarrass

v. relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

strip, clear, denude, bare, denudate, lay bare

v. remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"

strip, deprive, divest, dispossess

v. take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

free, dislodge

free, rid, disembarrass

v. relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

peril, compromise, scupper, expose, queer, endanger

v. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

strip, undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, disrobe, strip down

v. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

strip, deprive, divest, dispossess

v. take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

free, rid, disembarrass

v. relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

take off, doff

v. remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"

drop

v. change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon"

sack, plunder

v. plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"

rape, plunder, violate, despoil

v. destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"

loot, plunder

v. take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"

ravage, harry

v. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

rob

v. take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

pirate, copy illegally

v. copy illegally; of published material

hijack, highjack, pirate, commandeer, expropriate

v. take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

counterfeit, fake, forge

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

lift, plagiarize, plagiarise

v. take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

heist, burglarize, burgle

v. commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, lay waste to

v. devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

ruin, destroy

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

Synonyms (5)

aboveground

adj. on or above the surface of the ground; "aboveground nuclear testing"; "surface instruments for detecting oil deposits"; "surface transportation"

grade, ground-level

adj. at surface level: "a grade crossing"

grade-constructed

adj. constructed at ground level; "grade-constructed accesses to the freeway"

surficial

adj. pertaining to or occurring on or near the earth's surface; "a surficial geologic deposit"

Antonyms (31)

line

n. something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"

give

v. transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

cover, apparel, garb, dress, raiment, garment, clothe, enclothe, tog, habilitate, fit out

v. provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"

dress, get dressed

v. put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"

attire, get up, prink, overdress, fancy up, trick up, trick out, deck up, tog up, deck out, rig out, tog out, dress up, fig out, fig up, gussy up

v. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

strip of feathers

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