to denude

Examples

• All

• The loss of those prized shade trees denuded hundreds of tree-lined streets in towns and cities across the country.

  Academic text (1996)

• Surely they can manage to grow something on those denuded hillsides to substitute for the dirt.

  Blog text (4)

• If you require the importation of resources, it means you've denuded the landscape of that particular resource.

  END:CIV (2011)

• The valley is laced with canals, stone dwellings, and denuded hillsides.

  Academic text (2007)

• The crisscrossing trails led to altars and to the denuded edges of Panther Spring, where many people came to collect water.

  Academic text (2000)

• Hardy and well-adapted, these plants help hold soil in place and revegetate lands denuded by wildfire or disturbed by mining.

  Academic text (2000)

• The storm denuded the trees, leaving them bare and vulnerable.

• Farmers decided to denude the fields of weeds before planting new crops.

• The erosion process continued to denude the mountains, stripping away their protective soil.

Synonyms

S

to strip

vsto denude

42 2.7

Remove all covering or contents from an object so it is left bare

focuses more broadly on removing any covering rather than all contents

B

to bare

vsto denude

31 4.1

To show something that was hidden, often feelings or body parts

limits focus to physical removal of coverings rather than revealing emotions

C

to clear away

vsto denude

10 1.8

To take things away from a place to make it tidy

involves clearing for tidiness rather than stripping a surface to expose it

P

to peel off

vsto denude

8 3.4

To take off the outer layer by pulling it

is not about method and covers any way of removing a covering

C

to clear off

vsto denude

8 3.0

Remove things from a surface to make it empty or clean

focuses on exposing surfaces by removing coverings rather than general tidying

E

to efface

vsto denude

2 8.1

To remove something so it is no longer visible or remembered

is about removing a physical covering to expose a surface rather than erasing

D

to denudate

vsto denude

• Specialized

9.9

To remove plants and the top layer of soil from land so it becomes bare

is the general removal of any protective covering to expose something

D

to decorticate

vsto denude

• Specialized

9.9

To remove the outer layer or covering from something, for example the bark of a tree

is broader, applying to any protective surface not just biological layers

U

to undrape

vsto denude

8.6

To take cloth coverings off something to show it

applies to any covering type, not only cloth or drapery

U

to uncase

vsto denude

7.8

To take something out of its cover

covers removing coverings generally, not just taking things from cases

Antonyms

C

cover

571 1.0

A thing like a lid or blanket that lies over something to keep it safe

S

to shield

146 2.7

To protect someone or something from harm

How Bare

to strip

42 2.7

to denude

5 7.8

to clear

∞ 1.5

to expose

146 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology