strip out
Take everything out of something, or remove all the parts you don't want.
Meanings
To remove all fixtures, fittings, or internal components from a building or room.
"The builders stripped out the old kitchen completely before installing the new one."
To remove specific elements from data, a text, or a system in order to isolate or clean it.
"The programmer wrote a script to strip out all the HTML tags from the document."
To exclude a particular factor or variable when analysing statistics or financial data.
"If you strip out the effect of inflation, the real wage growth is actually quite modest."
Used in construction (removing fixtures), data processing (removing unwanted characters or fields), and finance (stripping out variables for analysis). Common in British and American English alike.
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