The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Denude \De*nude"\, v. t. [L. denudare; de- + nudare to make
   naked or bare, nudus naked. See Nude.]
   To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip;
   to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands; the
   hurricane denuded the trees.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

denude
    v 1: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare,
         denudate, strip]