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DENUDE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lay bare

Example:

denude a forest

Synonyms:

bare; denudate; denude; strip

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "denude" is one way to...):

clear (remove)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "denude"):

defoliate (strip the leaves or branches from)

burn off (clear land of its vegetation by burning it off)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They denude the trees

Derivation:

denudation (the removal of covering)

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