denude

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=nude

OXFORD DICTIONARY

denude, v.tr.
1 make naked or bare.
2 (foll. by of) a strip of clothing, a covering, etc. b deprive of a possession or attribute.
3 Geol. lay (rock or a formation etc.) bare by removing what lies above.

Derivative

denudation n. denudative adj.

Etymology

L denudare (as DE-, nudus naked)

THESAURUS

denude

bankrupt, bare, bleed, bleed white, defoliate, denudate, deplume, deprive, despoil, dismantle, dismember, displume, disrobe, divest, drain, draw and quarter, dry, exhaust, expose, flay, fleece, impoverish, lacerate, lay bare, lay open, maim, mangle, milk, mutilate, peel, pick clean, pick to pieces, pluck, pull apart, remove, shear, shred, skin, strip, strip bare, suck dry, take apart, tear apart, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, uncloak, unclothe, uncover, undress, unsheathe, unveil

ROGET THESAURUS

denude

Divestment

VB divest, uncover &c (cover), denude, bare, strip, disfurnish, undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe), uncoif, dismantle, put off, take off, cast off, doff, peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay, expose, lay open, exfoliate, molt, mew, cast the skin.