denude

as in to strip
to remove of all covering or surface layers Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.

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Recent Examples of denude Instead of Black life maimed, denuded of dignity, and degraded, each portrait that makes up I, Narcissus is a study of delicious glamour. Essence, 5 Nov. 2024 Working with community leaders, Zhou's efforts have resulted in a significant decrease of ceremonial releases, denuding of wild populations and mistreated animals. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2024 Biologists are concerned that if the fire burns intensely in the watershed, denuded earth and ash could fill the creeks when rains come, seriously harming water quality and potentially killing fish. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024 The rationale is likely that Russia’s fighting capabilities will be denuded enough to justify the expense. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for denude
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  • Without Medicaid expansion, the state's enrollees won't be subject to work requirements, but the law's financing changes to the Medicaid program could strip hundreds of millions of dollars away from hospitals, said Roberson.
    NPR, NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Snip the stems at a 45-degree angle, and strip any lower leaves.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • The technology has demonstrated promise at lab scale and could be scaled up for commercial production, according to the research team.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • At a time of a dramatic and abrupt scaling back of federal foreign aid, some say this simple practice is more important than ever.
    NPR, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
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  • Satire is brilliant for exposing the folly of humans, especially those in power and those working in bad faith—the hypocrites and the frauds—and can be particularly potent when set in irrational or dystopic times.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The devices that perform this conversion typically use anion exchange membranes, which are prone to degradation when exposed to organic materials.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025

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