DENUDED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

denuded 1 of 2

adjective

as in bare

lacking a usual or natural covering the denuded trees left behind after the forest fire had passed

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denuded

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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 denuded

Adjective

The process of planting willow and cottonwoods, the favorite snacks of beavers, can take years before denuded rivers become conducive enough for beavers to move in. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2026 Field trips through the denuded mountaintops, for example, were designed to teach players the fragility of the land and their responsibility in protecting it. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026 Photographs taken in several disaster areas showed huge piles of logs washed downhill by flash floods pouring off denuded slopes. — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

Verb

This year's phenomenon coincided with a string of hurricanes in the eastern Pacific, fueling sea level rise and large waves that have destroyed homes and denuded some Southern California beaches of sand. — Daniel Trotta, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2026 The tribe led efforts to restore Prairie Creek, which had been largely denuded and buried by the timber operation. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 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 The school itself is one story and sprawling, the campus denuded of pine trees. — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for denuded

Adjective

Pauling said the village is able to get down to bare pavement faster and with less salt.

— Tara Molina, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026
In the interim, locals in Plaza Midwood are left with a bare hill separating their businesses from Independence.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of bare

Verb

Its hull was stripped of toxic materials and bulky components, and the ship itself was placed just over 20 nautical miles from the city of Destin's beaches.

— Henry Larson, NPR, 12 Nov. 2026
Popovic was stripped of the ball under the basket; even when Arnold returned with three minutes left in the quarter, Jaloni Cambridge took the ball away from her.

— Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of stripped

Adjective

The end result would be a gassy surface shining as brightly as a more exposed black hole but with the Balmer break and smooth red hump of a 5,000-kelvin star, de Graaff and Naidu theorized.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Morgan Stanley said Equinix and Digital Realty are less exposed because their facilities average roughly 5 to 10 megawatts, far below the gigawatt-scale AI campuses planned by hyperscalers and neocloud operators.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of exposed

Verb

The giant handheld plays real Game Boy games, thanks to a pixel-perfect display scaled up from the original and software written from scratch.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Nov. 2026
In addition, modular designs allow fuel cells to be scaled to provide much larger quantities of power — one of the principal demands of data centers.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of scaled

Adjective

One of the photos showed a naked girl in a room that appears to be part of a motel chain in the Philippines, where Markle previously resided for some time.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
Another competitor takes shape in the form of the new Norton 450 Urban naked – another new contender in the 400-500cc market.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of naked

Adjective

Charlotte won the rebound battle 51 to 44, but left the Pistons open way too often and were sloppy with the ball, committing 25 turnovers.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026
Residents were also advised to install window screens and chimney caps, secure exterior doors and avoid leaving unscreened windows open, particularly while sleeping.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026

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