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denude

[ dih-nood, -nyood ]

/ dɪˈnud, -ˈnyud /

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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 todenudation.

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Origin of denude

First recorded in 1505–15; from Latin dēnūdāre, equivalent to dē- de- + nūdāre “to lay bare”; see nude

OTHER WORDS FROM denude

de·nud·ed, adjectivede·nud·er, noun

Words nearby denude

denturism, denturist, denuclearize, denudate, denudation, denude, denuded, denumerable, denunciate, denunciation, denunciatory

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How to use denude in a sentence

On the contrary, Putin has created it only by denuding other key axes of the forces they need to defend against Ukrainian counterattacks.
The New Russian Offensive Is Intended to Project Power It Cannot Sustain|Frederick W. Kagan|June 6, 2022|Time
They denude their coverage of any qualitative judgment that would inform voters that the party’s “cleverness” is lying, plain and simple.
Dear media: Stop giving Republicans the benefit of the doubt|Jennifer Rubin|January 18, 2022|Washington Post
Huge swaths of underwater forest are being replaced by urchin “barrens” — denuded landscapes, desolate but for the spiky, spherical animals.
Humanity’s greatest ally against climate change is the Earth itself|Sarah Kaplan|April 22, 2021|Washington Post
“Privatize” rabbinic courts: “denude” them of legal powers and government budgets.
A Divorce Made in Heaven: Don’t Reform Israel’s State Rabbinate. Shut It Down.|Gershom Gorenberg|December 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST

His restless jealousy of the Administration finds its explanation in his fear that it would denude his State of men.
The Day of the Confederacy|Nathaniel W. Stephenson
She had never forgiven her husband for trying to denude Harry of his birthright.
Notwithstanding|Mary Cholmondeley
Salt, even in quantities large enough to denude the soil of all vegetation, is never permanently injurious.
The Elements of Agriculture|George E. Waring
It had blood in its veins, like man, that a thrust of a knife could make redly gush forth and denude it to death.
Jerry of the Islands|Jack London
He agreed with me that it was ill to denude the island of its young men, and I might count upon him to discourage the practice.
Savage Island|Basil C. Thomson

British Dictionary definitions for denude

denude

/ (dɪˈnjuːd) /

verb (tr)

to divest of covering; make bare; uncover; strip

to expose (rock) by the erosion of the layers above

Derived forms of denude

denudation (ˌdɛnjʊˈdeɪʃən, ˌdiː-), noundenuder, noun

Word Origin for denude

C16: from Latin dēnūdāre; see nude

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