denudations
Acts of uncovering
Denudations are acts of stripping away covering or protection.
The word appears most often in geology, where denudation refers to the wearing away of Earth's surface by erosion, weathering, and mass movement: The canyon resulted from millions of years of denudation.
More generally, any process that lays something bare: the denudation of forests by logging.
Atmospheric breakdown of materials
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
- landslideMass of earth falling
glaciation · fluvial · gully · soil loss · deforestation · overgrazing · riverbank · coastal
Openness to harm
- revealMake something visible
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
unshielded · unprotected · defenselessness · unmasking · laying bare · uncovering · stripping away · baring
Had coverings removed
stark · open · unadorned · plain · spartan · austere · bleakness · starkness
Coming off in strips
- flayingRemoving skin from body
- shuckingRemoving outer covering
- huskingRemoving dry outer covering
- paringCutting away rind
skinning · exfoliating · decorticating · debarking · scalping · excoriation · shedding · molting
weathering
Atmospheric breakdown of materials
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
landslide · glaciation · fluvial · gully · soil loss · deforestation · overgrazing · riverbank · coastal · scree
vulnerability
Openness to harm
- revealMake something visible
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- unveilingAct of first revealing
susceptibility · unshielded · unprotected · defenselessness · unmasking · laying bare · uncovering · stripping away · baring · divulging
stripped
Had coverings removed
void · stark · open · unadorned · plain · spartan · austere · bleakness · starkness · desolation
peeling
Coming off in strips
paring · skinning · exfoliating · decorticating · debarking · scalping · excoriation · shedding · molting
denudationsaccumulations
Gathered quantities over time
depositions · deposits · sedimentations · accretions · build-ups
denudationscoverings
Things that enclose surfaces
concealments · veilings · drapings · sheathing · blanketing