denude
/dɪˈnjuːd/
verb 2
Collocations
3VERB + DENUDE
subjects
DENUDE + NOUN
herbage
ADV.
eventually
Definitions
verb
1
To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
He denuded himself of his clothes.
Widespread deforestation has led to lands being denuded.
2
To remove (something or someone) of their possessions or assets.
Their property was seized, denuded and confiscated.
The service was denuded of its capacity to deliver.
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He denuded himself of his clothes.
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Widespread deforestation has led to lands being denuded.
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But King Piko had been long harassed with the thought, that the unobstructed and indefinite increase of his browsing subjects might eventually denude of herbage his portion of the island.
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