denude

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The fool will denude his army of leaders and his rule appears to be designed to cut away any decent Communist with true ideals.

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  1. transitive verb To divest of covering; make bare.
  2. transitive verb Geology To expose (rock strata) by erosion.

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  • The unnatural storm SONG OF TIME 5 raged around them, whipping the palm fronds in every direction, threatening to denude the carefully attended gardens. —  Song of Time
  • He did not want to denude the countryside of trees, which was what such a palisade would require. —  Storm Rising
  • The fool will denude his army of leaders and his rule appears to be designed to cut away any decent Communist with true ideals. —  Final Resting Place of The Pen
  • "But it only takes the Hectare two years to denude a planet! —  Phaze Doubt
  • "We have a problem; trees don't grow as quickly as wheat, and I don't intend to denude the countryside to keep my people warm if I can help it. —  Storm Rising
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin dēnūdāre : dē-, de- + nūdāre, to make bare (from nūdus, nude; see nogw- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = Old French denuer, French dénuer, also denuder = Spanish *denudar, desnudar = Portuguese denudar = Italian denudare, from Latin denudare, make bare, strip, from de, off, + nudare, make bare, from nudus, bare: see nude.
 

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