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

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

Know More West Virginia is a small state that’s also the home of bare-knuckled politics and big personalities.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Water Well After planting bare-root plants in native soil, water deeply and regularly to keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged, allowing the new roots to establish.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bare

Verb

While Palestinians with Israeli citizenship have been stripped of citizenship and deported to the West Bank or Gaza, no Jewish Israeli citizen has ever had their citizenship revoked.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Higher ticket items are more likely to be resold, partially recycled or stripped for their materials such as gemstones.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 17 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

Verb

The move would come after the 10-year Treasury note yield scaled this week to its highest levels since 2007, as investors fear high energy prices will keep inflation elevated.

— Jeff Cox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Search efforts are being scaled back in open waters and shifted toward Vanuatu's southeastern coastline, where currents may have carried survivors, according to Matai Seremaiah, Parliament member for Luganville, the ministry said.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of scaled

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

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
The shade provided by the canopies made the spaces noticeably cooler than the uncovered pavement, which felt hot enough to melt truck tires.

— David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncovered

Adjective

Weiss ruled that the open-carry arrest alone wasn’t evidence the gun was used irresponsibly.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
With APIs, data-sharing frameworks and regulatory standards, the infrastructure for open finance is more mature than ever.

— Jess Turner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of open

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