denude

They’re also here to eat huge swaths of cropland, denude trees and other plant life, and generally wreak havoc on the West and its agriculture.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021

They have a voracious appetite that can denude entire forests of leaves, said University of Illinois entomologist May Berenbaum, a past society president.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2021

They're also being told not to denude grocery shelves by hoarding food and other essentials.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2020

But by Thanksgiving, the critters denude my winterberry shrubs of their brilliant scarlet berries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2015

Would any War Minister other than Lord Kitchener have had the courage to denude India of British regular troops, artillery as well as infantry, to the extent that he did?

From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Sir C. E. (Charles Edward) Callwell

An ideological move away from globalization by some countries and the encouragement of reshoring that denudes comparative advantage benefits may also lift prices.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025

“This denial denudes them of their right to worship,” Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who has since retired, wrote in his opinion.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2018

So too does pianist Kristof Van Grysperre, whose crisp, unsentimental playing startlingly denudes Poulenc's orchestral score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2016

The overqualified actors often give quirky life to a script that denudes their characters of nuance.

From Time ● Oct. 7, 2014

Heavy rains and the melting of the upper snow banks by warm Chinook winds combine to produce a surface run-off that denudes the steeper declivities down to the underlying bedrock.

From The Forests of Mount Rainier National Park by Grenville F. Allen

When Alma is summoned to a doctor’s office to learn about Elisabet’s malady, the space—like Elisabet’s room itself—is characterless and denuded of nearly all décor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

At Galeries Lafayette on Tuesday, as employees packed away denuded mannequins, admissions officer Li said she thought the store had been too reliant on "the traditional... business model that has existed for decades in France".

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Food, initially plentiful after the Germans denuded the farms of occupied Europe, became scarcer and worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

So, in 1934, as Depression-era dust storms darkened the skies over the Great Plains, worsened by overgrazing that denuded grasslands, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Taylor Grazing Act, named for the lawmaker.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

Sosie led the way through ruined trees and denuded earth.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

She is among those who think that this all nods to an "odd relationship" with trees – one of "simultaneously adoring and denuding woodlands".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025

The fine for allegedly denuding a row of street trees that shaded striking Hollywood writers is small — $250 — but notable enough for the Los Angeles chief auditor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2023

During the panel at Columbia Law, Roderick Ferguson, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and American Studies at Yale University warned against the "denuding of African American studies of the things that degrade."

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2023

“Our mental health, our immunity, our ability to stay well is dependent on these ecologies inside of us. And it’s not about taking more pills, it’s about stopping the stress that’s denuding our microbiota.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2021

The arm muscles would begin to hurt, but it was the personal denuding he experienced under the many-eyed gaze of the class that was the prime cause of his discomfiture and embarrassment.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy