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verb

past tense of denude
as in stripped
to remove of all covering or surface layers Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.

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Recent Examples of denuded
Verb
And more recently, in the throes of a homeless crisis, city staff and law enforcement have removed and denuded trees to control the conditions on the street. Sam Bloch august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for denuded
Adjective
  • Water savings Copley said there was very little change, considering that the area was bare for some time before the drought tolerant landscape was installed.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This year’s most ambitious chefs laid themselves bare, their autobiographical storytelling shaping singular restaurants.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Glycerin helps maintain balance, so skin feels clarified, not stripped, while lecithin aids in dissolving debris, and myrtle leaf water provides an antioxidant boost.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Almost all modern-day memeing has been stripped out of the script.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And in the height of summer, with an extra air conditioner pumping in the corner, the heat from the semi-exposed kitchen can make the dining room feel slightly steamy.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a good amount of pedaling and a few exposed, high-stakes areas.
    Shauna Farnell, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Import substitution scaled quickly.
    Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, major platforms have scaled back human moderation teams, relying more on AI detection systems.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Parking is available for $23 a day at an uncovered lot and $28 a day in a covered garage.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The three uncovered slides have soft but firm padding that extends more than 10 feet past the end of the slide.
    Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Just a few hours later, Dakota Johnson served up another naked dress inspiration at the Kering Foundation's Caring for Women dinner in New York City.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Bortle scale is a numerical scale that ranges from one to nine, with one being an excellent dark sky site with no light pollution and nine being an area with considerable light pollution and many night sky objects invisible to the naked eye.
    Harry Bennett, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There are a few elements still in the works, including a spa and the soon-to-open Sycamore House, a board-and-batten structure that will include eight additional guest rooms.
    Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This area of open magnetic fields more easily releases charged particles into space.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Denuded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denuded. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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