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

2 of 2

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

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

In the scene, the 14-time Grammy winner appears to have a teardrop falling down her cheek and her lips are bare, rare for the pop icon who loves a bold hue.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
A day will surely dawn when those who sought refuge in the long shadow of American bullying—believing that mimicking the language of the mighty could shield them from the claws of power—will stand bare before the truth.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of bare

Verb

Sweeney recently stripped down for a nearly-nude commercial promoting the sports betting app.

— Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
The result is a safer-phone category that already spans traditional feature phones, minimalist devices and smartphones that have been deliberately stripped of distracting features.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 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

Adjective

Purchase pre-peeled garlic cloves in bulk or peel the garlic cloves yourself using the flat side of a large knife to mash them slightly and then peel off the skins.

— Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026
Use pre-peeled carrots or bagged baby carrots to save prep time.

— Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025

Definition of peeled

Adjective

In 2023, a federal audit flagged serious pesticide incidents in half a dozen counties and uncovered patchwork oversight by agricultural commissioners.

— Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Moore added a pair of long passing touchdowns, one to an uncovered Dakorien Moore on a busted coverage, and another down the sideline to Stewart to complete a 28-point first quarter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncovered

Adjective

Nine empty apartments are currently listed on StreetEasy for the building where Next Gen’s Ava Dash seems to be living, and nine more are open in Zakkour’s.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
That’s when OpenAI models escaped containment, accessed the open internet and breached Hugging Face, which operates an open-source developer platform.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

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