denude
[dih-nood, -nyood]
verb (used with object), de·nud·ed, de·nud·ing.
to make naked or bare; strip: The storm completely denuded the trees.
Geology. to subject to denudation.
Origin of denude
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Contemporary Examples of denude
“Privatize” rabbinic courts: “denude” them of legal powers and government budgets.
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December 3, 2013
Historical Examples of denude
I tell you, I'm not going to denude myself of money altogether.
Rhoda Fleming, CompleteGeorge Meredith
The power of rivers to denude and transport is exemplified daily.
Are you prepared to denude them of their interest in the land?
She had never forgiven her husband for trying to denude Harry of his birthright.
NotwithstandingMary Cholmondeley
Sometimes the struggle lasts for hours on a plot of meadow, which they denude of its grass as cleanly as if it had been ploughed.
A Hungarian NabobMaurus Jkai
denude
verb (tr)
Word Origin for denude
C16: from Latin dēnūdāre; see nude
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denude
[dĭ-nōōd′]
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