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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 the general subaerial denudation of a country, innumerable minor features are worked out as the structure of the rocks controls the operations of the eroding agents.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
A method of making use of these records for estimating the rate of denudation of the land has been devised.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
And if there is a desire to make amends for the drought, we have what we call a flood and blame it on the weather instead of on our precipitous denudation of the watersheds.
From Reading the Weather by Thomas Morris Longstreth
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