Meaning & use
denuded
Stripped of covering, such as vegetation, clothing, or protective layers, leaving a bare surface.
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After the wildfire, the hillside stood denuded, its blackened slopes bare of every tree and shrub.
Decades of overgrazing left the once-lush pasture denuded, with only dry, cracked earth remaining.
A note on using this word
Denuded is the past participle of the verb denude and usually describes land stripped of natural cover; it is more formal than 'bare.'
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