denudes

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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  • To survive a ruthless winnowing—to go from one of about 16,000 high-school quarterbacks each year to one of the 10 good ones in the NFL to one of the three or so each generation who earn the Hall of Fame’s gold jacket—hones certain traits within them and strips others away.
    Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Kremlin claims these soldiers are mercenaries — a label that immediately strips them of their combatant rights, protection under international humanitarian law and prisoner-of-war status.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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  • Such heavy use exposes teens to a cascade of risks, with mental health impacts topping the list.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Castles made of sand Wednesday’s discovery exposes a key weakness of the public key infrastructure that’s responsible for ensuring trust of the entire Internet.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • The team is rounded out by Asia Stocchi, who takes on distribution and development coordination duties as the company scales up operations.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The real test is whether governments, corporations, and consumers can demand an AI ecosystem that scales sustainably.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Denudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denudes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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