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Meanings of strip bare in English

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Usage of strip bare in English
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But her tone seemed to strip bare the vanity of human greatness.
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
2
I strip bare to the waist, and she walks behind me and grabs my left shoulder hard.
Kafka on the Shore
3
As he used cinema to examine - strip bare - life, he used life to examine cinema.
The Guardian
4
His powers of concentration were intense, and in the ability through analysis to strip bare a proposition he was unexcelled.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
5
Perhaps one day his own pitiless self-analysis would strip bare the motives behind his actions, would whisper in his ear.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
6
When the thing happened Clara saw her whole life being stripped bare.
Poor White: A Novel
7
It quoted loggers as saying mountains in Myanmar were being stripped bare.
Reuters
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jon and Laura in Channel 4's Life Stripped BAre.
The Guardian
9
The rooms were stripped bare, row after row of towering empty bookcases.
Secret of the seventh son
10
Huge tracts of woodland were blackened, with trees stripped bare or uprooted.
Reuters
11
Man must be stripped bare and left naked on a naked earth!
Savva and the Life of Man: Two plays by Leonid Andreyev
12
Northern Brazil, China, and Russia look like their forests are being stripped bare.
Wired
13
Within 90 minutes of opening, many of the stalls had been stripped bare.
The Irish Times
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The sand-and-clay hills have been stripped bare of trees, further increasing the threat.
Reuters
15
He has spoken at last and the truth is stripped bare.
The Justice of the King
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By now the land was stripped bare, as if it would never recover.
Earth Abides
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