Denude

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
denude
    v 1: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: {denude}, {bare},
         {denudate}, {strip}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Denude \De*nude"\, v. t. [L. denudare; de- + nudare to make
   naked or bare, nudus naked. See {Nude}.]
   To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip;
   to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands; the
   hurricane denuded the trees.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "denude":
      bankrupt, bare, bleed, bleed white, defoliate, denudate, deplume,
      deprive, despoil, dismantle, dismember, displume, disrobe, divest,
      drain, draw and quarter, dry, exhaust, expose, flay, fleece,
      impoverish, lacerate, lay bare, lay open, maim, mangle, milk,
      mutilate, peel, pick clean, pick to pieces, pluck, pull apart,
      remove, shear, shred, skin, strip, strip bare, suck dry,
      take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, uncloak,
      unclothe, uncover, undress, unsheathe, unveil
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