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

His attention drifts towards intimate details – the bare armpit, the small hollow at the base of Rafael’s neck – and the music follows him into this increasingly private, almost obsessive fascination.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
In one mirror selfie, Hurley lounged on a bed with her bare legs on display, holding up her phone as the oversized ring sparkled on her finger.

— Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of bare

Verb

Despite Ukraine's pause, officials in Kyiv said the country has been stripped of advance warnings of incoming ballistic missiles, as Starlink connectivity services had been restricted across the country, disrupting military operations.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Many of those stripped from the electoral rolls are appealing their removal—an often laborious process—but the possibility of mass disenfranchisement is real.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 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

Naig, who previously worked for chemical manufacturer Monsanto, highlighted the records that his department has set under Reynolds’ leadership and said conservation work is being scaled up to accelerate progress.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Naig, who previously worked for chemical manufacturer Monsanto, highlighted the records that his department has set under Reynolds' leadership and said conservation work is being scaled up to accelerate progress.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 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

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

And why is Owen Wilson grinning like an awkward schoolboy at Zeus’s naked daughters?

— Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
Interior designer Geoffrey Bradfield raised eyebrows at his 80th birthday party at the Lowell Hotel with a group of nearly naked male models body-painted in safari garb.

— Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of naked

Adjective

By the way, what’s also changed is that a lot of markets that were open to China — the US, Turkey, Japan — have taken protectionist measures.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Current listings include a $25 seat outside Nashville and 19 open seats at $70 each at a Las Vegas wedding next month.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

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