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denuded
[ dih-noo-did, -nyoo- ]
adjective
- made naked or bare:
"We'll have to go a long way for our wood," I grumbled, gazing across the denuded hillsides.
- Geology. (of rock) exposed or laid bare by erosive processes:
The denuded mountains of the Levant were left to face flash floods with nothing but eroding slopes.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of denude.
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Other Words From
- half-de·nud·ed adjective
- un·de·nud·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of denuded1
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Example Sentences
He removed her beige Roger Vivier pumps and white lab coat to reveal a denuded ballerina-pink slip dress.
But when we reach the mountain, we see only a denuded plateau of looping ring roads and gray rubble.
That night he encamped near a fair-sized village which was ominously denuded of men.
Charles Lamb once, while riding in company with a lady, descried a party denuded for swimming a little way off.
Really the best method is to make a round denuded spot by twirling a small brad-awl.
To Dangerfield, the proof seemed slight—what was there in the denuded room to entice a thief?
These are tall pine-trees, denuded of their lower branches, a small tuft being left at the top.
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