deforested

verb

Definition of deforestednext
past tense of deforest
as in denuded

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  1. denuded
  2. skinned
  3. barked
  4. shelled
  5. scaled
  6. stripped
  7. exposed
Verb
  • Against this show, college dorm room posters of melting clocks feel utterly denuded, with regrets to the angsty teens pinning them up.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026
  • ProPublica and High Country News observed overgrazing in multiple states, including streambeds trampled by cattle, grasslands denuded by grazing and creeks fouled by cow corpses.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of denuded
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  • All the specimens were skinned first, and the team removed any excess flesh and internal organs.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • All of the carcasses that washed ashore had been skinned, Cole said, with some missing their front paws.
    — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of skinned
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  • Outside, the guards were often genial and chatty; inside, visitors were treated as objects of suspicion, barked at and insulted.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Days or weeks passed, but then the dog barked, the mail carrier tramped onto the porch, the mailbox clattered.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Definition of barked
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  • For homemade, combine ¾ cup sugar, ¾ cup water, ½ cup shelled and toasted pistachios and a pinch of salt in a saucepan.
    — Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 8 July 2026
  • These coiled, shelled relatives of squid and octopuses were abundant predators, hunting in the same waters as fish, turtles, sharks and extinct marine reptiles called plesiosaurs.
    — Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Definition of shelled
Verb
  • In addition, Desert Cactus will work with DePaul as a testing ground for new products across several retail locations, which will then be scaled nationally.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026
  • In response to neighborhood outcry, the company recently scaled back its plans by removing one building and 25 backup diesel generators.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 15 July 2026
Definition of scaled
Verb
  • In a 2021 court filing, David Brouillette was stripped of his firearms temporarily.
    — Alina Hartounian, NPR, 17 July 2026
  • The report then stripped out liabilities, which includes mortgage debt, of $5 trillion and subtracted the wealth of the top 1%, estimated at $28 trillion.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of stripped
Verb
  • This means that in an open fan, the fan blades are fully exposed to the elements.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • And, once again, the UK – highly exposed to global energy and food prices – is vulnerable.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 19 July 2026
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