denudation
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Noun (1)
- the removal of coveringSynonyms: strippinguncoveringbaringhuskingType of removal, remotionKinds cornhusking, deforestation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Den′u·da′tion (?; 277), noun
Origin: L. denudatio: cf. F. dénudation.
1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
2. Geology The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54