denude
denude
Definition
de·nude (dē no̵̅o̅d′, -nyo̵̅o̅d′; -di-)
transitive verb -·nud′ed, -·nud′·ing
to make bare or naked; strip; specif.,
- to destroy all plant and animal life in (an area)
- Geol. to expose (layers of rock) by erosion, weathering, etc.
Etymology: L denudare: see denudate
denude
Synonyms
denude
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- tree: Heavy demand for fuel - central Italy denuded of trees.
- vegetation: Banks denuded of protective vegetation are undermined and collapse.
- troop: It was important to occupy the hill, which for the moment was quite denuded of troops.
- everything: The staging is minimal, with the singers exposed on a platform denuded of everything but a few pieces of bland leather furniture.
Object
- area: Eventually the Black Satyrs were duly located, flying, as always, over a denuded area of red, crumbly rock.
- country: Yet this has not prevented the government from denuding third world countries of skilled health workers.
- forest: The drought have compounded a situation of lowered water tables, dried up wetlands, denuded forests, eroded land and depleted wildlife populations.
- landscape: Outside protected areas, extensive logging denudes the landscape at an alarming, and increasing, rate.
- tree: The trajectory of the object was plotted against the framework of the branches of a denuded tree.
- ground: The bulldozing of ski pistes and removal of boulders denuded much ground of its plant life.
Modifying Another Word
- entirely: You wouldn't entirely denude me of daughters, would you?
- completely: The county was in some places completely denuded of its trees.
- now: Increased rainfall created waterlogged conditions in the once fertile farmland, now denuded of its forests.
- much: The Boyn Hill Terrace through London is much denuded and no implements have been found in quantity, as at Swanscombe and in Buckinghamshire.
- so: It is a thousand pities that the country has been so denuded of its glorious forests.
- seriously: Far more than the British garrison could have provided, it still suggests Albinus had seriously denuded Britain of troops.
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