denude
verb (used with object)
to make naked or bare; strip.
has denuded
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present perfectof denude (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Few places are in deeper crisis than the pasturelands of northern Kenya, where ever-deepening drought has denuded the land of vegetation, exposing the soil to damage and confounding efforts to adapt farming methods.
From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2022
China’s appetite for endangered giant clam shells, which are carved like elephant ivory for interior décor and jewelry, has denuded swathes of the South China Sea as boats scrape reefs to expose the massive mollusks.
From Time ● Jun. 1, 2016
The Dutch elm disease has denuded whole communities, devastated suburbs, cost billions in neighborhood devaluation and incalculable aesthetic loss that some experts say has markedly altered home environments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus it comes about that the shrines are the only green spots among the hills which the improvident vandalism of the tribes has denuded of all their trees and shrubs.
From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by T. L. (Theodore Leighton) Pennell
"He has denuded me of every penny," said Augustus, "and I must ask you to refund me something of what has gone."
From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope
