[de.nude] vt de.nud.ed ; de.nud.ing [L denudare, fr. de- + nudus bare--more at naked] (15c) 1: to deprive of something important
2. a: to strip of all covering or surface layers b: to lay bare by erosion c: to strip (land) of forests -- de.nu.da.tion n -- de.nude.ment n