denuding
Removing all covering
Denuding is the act of stripping something bare—removing its covering, vegetation, or protective layer.
Land is denuded of trees by logging or fire.
The word applies literally to landscapes Overgrazing denuded the hillsides and figuratively to anything stripped of what normally clothes or conceals it: The scandal left his reputation denuded of its former dignity.
Coming off in strips
- skinningRemoving outer covering
- flayingRemoving skin from body
- shearingCutting away fleece
- paringCutting away rind
shucking · husking · exfoliating · scraping · abrading · decorticating · shaving · dehulling
Revealing something hidden
- revealingMaking known what's hidden
- unmaskingRevealing what's hidden
- exposingMaking something known
- baringRemoving a concealment
disclosure · unveiling · vulnerability · susceptibility · openness · rawness · defenselessness · unprotected
Harvesting every standing tree
- loggingRecording system events
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- slash-and-burnPrimitive clearing method
- overharvestingUnsustainable resource extraction
treeless · erosion · desertification · woodcutting · lumbering
peeling
Coming off in strips
paring · shucking · husking · exfoliating · scraping · abrading · decorticating · shaving · dehulling · deshelling
uncovering
Revealing something hidden
baring · disclosure · unveiling · vulnerability · susceptibility · openness · rawness · defenselessness · unprotected
clearcutting
Harvesting every standing tree
- loggingRecording system events
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- slash-and-burnPrimitive clearing method
overharvesting · treeless · erosion · desertification · woodcutting · lumbering
bare
Lacking any covering
stripped · barren · bleak · void · treeless · lifeless · sparse · arid · wasteland · moonscape
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
denudingcovering
Layer that shields or hides
clothing · cloaking · draping · blanketing · enveloping
denudingreforesting
Restoring woodland to land
replanting · afforesting · vegetating · restoring · enriching
denudingenriching
Adding worth or nutrients
replenishing · restoring · filling · stocking · furnishing