denude
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
denude/dɪˈnjuːd/
▶verb (often be denuded of) strip of covering or possessions; make bare.
– derivatives
denudation noun.
denudation noun.
– origin ME: from L. denudare, from de- ‘completely’ + nudare ‘to bare’.
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