denudation

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To say that any complete denudation of the writer occurs in the successful work is, according to me, a romantic exaggeration.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2001

Mencken's denudation of America's Sunday-go-to-meeting image was carried out with wit and a once admired prose style.

From Time Magazine Archive

On this broken-up surface the various agents of denudation have been ceaselessly engaged since it emerged from the sea.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

This is more especially the case in respect of the wide domain of denudation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

Examples of ancient and much decayed tablelands formed by the denudation of much disturbed rocks are furnished by the Highlands of Scotland and of Norway.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various