denuded

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The foreground is a scar of denuded earth, storage tanks and bobbing pumpjacks — the legacy of oil discovered a century ago when only farmhouses were scattered over the surrounding flatlands.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

The Victorians worried about a “world denuded of larger significance,” but we suffer from both material surfeit and spiritual abundance, and are captive to a surplus of competing and increasingly angry gods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The most notable began in 1978, when foresters began hand-replanting mangroves at the mouth of the Saigon River in Cần Giờ forest, an area that had been completely denuded.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

They climbed down the steep, denuded hillside and into the park.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

Entire valleys have been denuded of trees to meet the increased demand for firewood.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer