strip

/strɪp/ v [T] (-pp-) (REMOVE COVERING)

Definition

› to remove, pull, or tear the covering or outer layer from something: I have this cabinet that had about eight layers of paint on it, and I stripped it down to refinish it. › If you strip someone of something, you remove it from that person: Canada wants to strip Luitjens, a retired University of British Columbia botany instructor, of his citizenship.

(Definition of strip v (REMOVE COVERING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)