Wiktionary
strip away
vb. 1 To ignore a factor which obscures the reality. 2 To remove something bit by bit.
Usage examples of "strip away".
By fastening your seatbelts as I strip away the veneer of deceit to bring you the naked reality of the liberal body politic.
To strip away leaves and give herself a writing point was no problem.
Lets take ten thousand worlds filled with people who live their lives like animals, always hungry, always quick with their teeth and their claws, and lets strip away the veneer of civilization to expose to them what they really are.
But weary or not, those eyes were fixed on the gates as if getting inside the walls would strip away all their fatigue.
Sirius B-IV had had no oversized moon to strip away most of her atmosphere.