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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
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
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
  1. bare
  2. stripped
  3. exposed
  4. scaled
  5. peeled
  6. uncovered
  7. naked
  8. open
Adjective
  • This lays bare an enormous blind spot in current policy approaches to managing risks for increasingly advanced AI systems.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • And paying just the bare minimum will create a mountain of new interest debt on top of your balance.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Definition of bare
Verb
  • Prosecutors allege Williams and several other suspects held a victim against his will, pistol whipped him and stripped him of his belongings, Boyd said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The title became available after Shakur Stevenson was stripped.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of stripped
Adjective
  • Some exposed Artifacts also contained software code and employee work notes.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
  • The appeal lies in watching urban Stockholm gradually give way to holiday homes, wooded islands and finally the more exposed landscape of the outer archipelago.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of exposed
Verb
  • Some lawmakers are calling for the incentive to be scaled back or eliminated altogether.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Mulroney, 62, joined the show to fill the gap in the fire station after Eamonn Walker scaled back his role as Chief Wallace Boden after 12 seasons.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 31 July 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
  • But most wrecks of slave ships remain uncovered on the coast.
    — Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
  • How To Keep It Cleaner Longer While synthetic wicker furniture is built to take the elements, wicker pieces woven from natural materials are porous and are not meant to be left out in uncovered areas.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
Definition of uncovered
Adjective
  • Security footage from the apartment complex showed Lewis walking down the 10th floor hallway, naked, carrying two knives, according to the probable cause statement.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, people on the street are just fascinated by the strangely naked corner.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of naked
Adjective
  • Rodriguez was appointed after Republican senators held the seat open for three years, causing backed up court dockets, some experts said.
    — Julia Coin July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
  • The driver eventually exited the vehicle, approached its open trunk and fired a gun into the trunk, according to authorities.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of open

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