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Variant of denude

denude Definition

de·nude (dē no̵̅o̅d, -nyo̵̅o̅d; di-)

transitive verb denuded -·nud′ed, denuding -·nud′·ing

to make bare or naked; strip; specif.,
  1. to destroy all plant and animal life in (an area)
  2. Geol. to expose (layers of rock) by erosion, weathering, etc.

Etymology: L denudare: see denudate

denuded 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.
  • forest: The drought have compounded a situation of lowered water tables, dried up wetlands, denuded forests, eroded land and depleted wildlife populations.
  • 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

  • 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.