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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare, denudate, strip]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (denuded; denuding) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin denudare, from de- + nudus bare — more at naked Date: 15th century 1. to deprive of something important 2. a. to strip of all covering or surface layers b. to lay bare by erosion c. to strip (land) of forests • denudation noun • denudement noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 make naked or bare. 2 (foll. by of) a strip of clothing, a covering, etc. b deprive of a possession or attribute. 3 Geol. lay (rock or a formation etc.) bare by removing what lies above. Derivatives: denudation n. denudative adj. Etymology: L denudare (as DE-, nudus naked)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Denude De*nude", v. t. [L. denudare; de- + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See Nude.] To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(denudes, denuding, denuded) 1. To denude an area means to destroy the plants in it. (FORMAL) Mining would pollute the lake and denude the forest... VERB: V n 2. To denude someone or something of a particular thing means to take it away from them. (FORMAL) The Embassy is now denuded of all foreign and local staff... = divest VERB: V n of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Strip, divest, make bare, make naked.

Moby Thesaurus

bankrupt, bare, bleed, bleed white, defoliate, denudate, deplume, deprive, despoil, dismantle, dismember, displume, disrobe, divest, drain, draw and quarter, dry, exhaust, expose, flay, fleece, impoverish, lacerate, lay bare, lay open, maim, mangle, milk, mutilate, peel, pick clean, pick to pieces, pluck, pull apart, remove, shear, shred, skin, strip, strip bare, suck dry, take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, uncloak, unclothe, uncover, undress, unsheathe, unveil