import re


def rm_stress(word_list):
    """
    Takes a list of strings in IPA that contain prosodic accent marks and removes
    the dashes to clean the data.

    :word_list: list of strings

    :returns: list of strings without prosodic accent marks
    :rtype: list of strings

    """
    new_list = []
    for s in range(len(word_list)):
        word = word_list[s]
        new_word = re.compile(r"'").sub("",word)
        new_list.append(new_word)
    return(new_list)