denude
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denudes, 3rd person singular present; denuded, past participle; denuded, past tense; denuding, present participle;
/diˈn(y)o͞od/,
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denudes, 3rd person singular present; denuded, past participle; denuded, past tense; denuding, present participle;
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Strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets; make bare
- - almost overnight the Arctic was denuded of animals
Web Definitions:
- lay bare; "denude a forest"
- In geology, denudation describes the process of rock disaggregation by means of erosion, mass wasting and weathering, eventually leading to a reduction in elevation and relief of landforms and landscapes. ...
- To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands
- (denuding) Defoliation which severes a grass shoot above the developing floral bud (growing point) but beneath the collar zone of a majority of the exposed leaf blades.
- to lay (a rock, etc.) bare as by erosion. – denudant: n. any agent or agency causing denudation. – denudation: n. the process of denuding. [AHDOS]
- 1. To strip, remove all covering, as tornadoes may denude all trees of leaves. 2. To lay bare, as a hill from erosion. 3. The total destruction of plant and animal life by physical or biotic means.