denude
VerbUS[dih-nood]/dɪˈnud/2 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·nude′ transitive verb
Origin: 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54