denudes

verb

present tense third-person singular of denude
as in strips
to remove of all covering or surface layers Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.

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  1. strips
  2. exposes
  3. scales
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  • Nomono also has a lighter version called the Stellar Kit that strips the system down to two lavalier microphones and a mobile app.
    — Damion Taylor, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Renasens received the Innovation in Recycling Technology Award for its waterless process that strips dyes and separates fibers in blended garments while leaving them intact.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
Definition of strips
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  • More often than not, heavy rain exposes small maintenance issues that have gone unnoticed for months or even years.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 13 July 2026
  • Rose’s story exposes the truly devastating human toll of these cuts.
    — Tara Bannow, STAT, 13 July 2026
Definition of exposes
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  • As the Gulf scales its AI capabilities, advanced manufacturing facilities, and hyperscale data centre infrastructure, battery energy storage is emerging as a critical enabler of reliable, flexible, and resilient power systems.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • The workload scales with the square of the number of digits (n2, where n is the number of digits in the numbers being multiplied).
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Definition of scales
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