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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  • This distinctly North Korean punishment, used especially to discipline and defenestrate high officials, strips a person of office and sends him to perform physical labor and political reeducation, often in the countryside.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The four-week average of claims, which strips out week-to-week volatility, fell to 196,750.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of strips
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  • Aldebert said the issue exposes a broader vulnerability for Nvidia as questions about its leadership and eventual succession come into focus.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Ericka exposes Paulina's toxic behavior and shows her up during a performance of Whitney Houston's Greatest Love of All.
    — Kristian Monroe, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of exposes
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  • Initial availability will be limited, with capacity increasing as the company scales.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Unlike the typical, Western beauty origin story — where an entrepreneur launches a specialized startup and scales through venture capital — Fas does not have a single founder.
    — Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of scales
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“Denudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denudes. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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