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To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.

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  1. v. t. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe.
  2. v. t. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
  3. n. Spoil.
  4. v. steal goods; take as spoils
  5. v. destroy and strip of its possession
  6. v:100 v steal goods; take as spoils v destroy and strip of its possession