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verb

past tense of denude
as in stripped
to remove of all covering or surface layers Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denuded
Adjective
  • My brain and experience tells me to expect something in the middle of my wildest dreams and the bare minimum swap of Hanson for Coachman.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Rutter has made an impact since becoming the club’s most expensive purchase last summer, his influence extending beyond the bare facts of a healthy 12 goal involvements in 32 Brighton appearances (eight goals, four assists).
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And, while the ball was mid-air, Zwolle’s attackers were to sprint to the penalty area to meet it on the way down and, ideally, stick it past an exposed goalkeeper.
    Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The ceiling appears damaged, with exposed beams, and the windows are now boarded up with plywood.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Deportation efforts remained significantly scaled back throughout 2024 compared to levels seen in 2023 and 2022.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • This snippet from a structure-formation simulation, with the expansion of the Universe scaled out, represents billions of years of gravitational growth in a dark matter-rich Universe.
    Big Think, Big Think, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Celestial Park, with its wide stretches of concrete pathways, and Isle of Berk, with its meandering walkways and uncovered queues, were both particularly hot under the blazing Florida sun.
    Adrian Ruhi, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Homeowners need to budget for ongoing costs like rising home insurance premiums and emergency costs like insurance deductibles and uncovered repairs.
    Daryl Fairweather, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • This is the most noticeable change to the naked eye.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Researchers used multispectral imaging, which relies on different wavelengths of light like ultraviolet and infrared, to reveal details in the manuscript that the naked eye could not spot.
    Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • While the shoreline will be off-limits, much of the park remains open.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
  • While the memorial is still open to the public, construction will be finished by July 2026.
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Denuded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denuded. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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