denude
verb (used with object)
to make naked or bare; strip.
had denuded
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past perfectof denude.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Young men had mostly vanished from these towns, seeking opportunity elsewhere after the war had denuded this area of economic life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
The fire had denuded the slopes and left a layer of oil on the ground that made it difficult to absorb the rain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2018
Thus speaking, he placed the irons in the bag, which he afterwards nearly filled with the prison clothing of which Lance, even to his boots, had denuded himself.
From Nevermore by Rolf Bolderwood
He did not like to think that he had denuded this man who had been his partner of everything in order that he himself might be unnecessarily rich.
From John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope
In short," he continued, "I feel much as Descartes says he did when he had denuded himself of all his traditional opinions,—a condition so graphically described in the beginning of the second of his Meditations.
From The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic by Henry Rogers
