denuded
Americanadjective
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made naked or bare.
"We'll have to go a long way for our wood," I grumbled, gazing across the denuded hillsides.
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Geology. (of rock) exposed or laid bare by erosive processes.
The denuded mountains of the Levant were left to face flash floods with nothing but eroding slopes.
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of denuded
First recorded in 1710–20; denude ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; denude ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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Denuded of his optimistic delusions he turns to Bradley, the woman he's hired and defended, and says out loud what we already know, which is that he loves her.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2021
Denuded of color and shape, they may also be Mr. Oehlen’s first completely alive paintings.
From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2015
Denuded of Michael Carrick by a calf problem, Van Gaal's side were ponderous and became reliant on speculative efforts from distance by Marouane Fellaini and Blind amongst others.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2015
Denuded trees float above the steel-blue water, which itself ripples with the grain of the wood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Denuded mountains are visible to the west, towering sternly above the rooftops of adjacent double-wides.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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