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Etymology
Origin of denudation
1575–85; < Late Latin dēnūdātiōn- (stem of dēnūdātiō ), equivalent to Latin dēnūdāt ( us ) ( see denudate) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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To say that any complete denudation of the writer occurs in the successful work is, according to me, a romantic exaggeration.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2001
Mencken's denudation of America's Sunday-go-to-meeting image was carried out with wit and a once admired prose style.
From Time Magazine Archive
In some of her largest valleys the floods have resulted primarily from the denudation of the mountains and the destruction of the woodland and forest cover on the watersheds of the rivers.
From Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace by Maxwell, George Hebard
In this way he discussed the elevation and denudation of the Lake district, the Wealden area, and the Bas Boulonnais.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
But from the structure of mountains, as laid open by prolonged denudation, it is possible to form a vivid conception of the nature and effects of these most stupendous of all geological revolutions.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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