stripmining
STRIP-my-ning
Definition
The act of aggressively and completely depleting an entity of its valuable assets or resources, similar to the industrial practice of removing all topsoil and vegetation to reach mineral deposits.
Etymology
Derived from the mining technique of 'strip mining' (first recorded in the early 20th century), where layers of earth are stripped away to extract coal or ore, the term has evolved metaphorically to describe the exhaustive removal of assets or capital.
In the news
The article uses the term to describe how the NBA's severe punishment of removing multiple future draft picks effectively hollowed out the Clippers' future, leaving them with almost no resources for rebuilding.
The Clippers, Kawhi Leonard and the most damaging swing-and-a-miss in NBA history
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