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denude

/dɪˈnjuːd/verb

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(पेड़-पौधे या आवरण हटाकर) नंगा कर देना, उजाड़ देना

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verbdenuded, denuding
  1. 1

    [T] ~ sth (of sth) formal

    to remove the covering, especially of trees or plants, from an area of land

    (पेड़-पौधे या आवरण हटाकर) नंगा कर देना, उजाड़ देना

    • Illegal felling has denuded the hills of their forests.
    • The slopes were left denuded after the fire.

    Synonyms strip bare clear deforest

    Opposite cover clothe afforest

  2. 2

    [T] ~ sb/sth of sth formal

    to take away sth important from sb/sth

    (किसी महत्त्वपूर्ण चीज़ से) वंचित कर देना, छीन लेना

    • The brain drain has denuded the country of its best doctors.

    Synonyms deprive strip rob

◇Word family
denudation noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

strip bare clear deforest deprive rob

Antonyms

cover clothe afforest

§Grammar and usage

The usual pattern is denude something of something, often in the passive, as in hills denuded of trees.

सामान्य pattern denude something of something है, प्रायः passive में, जैसे hills denuded of trees।

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General knowledge

In geography, denudation is the wearing away of the earth's surface by weathering and erosion.

भूगोल में denudation (अनाच्छादन) का अर्थ है अपक्षय (weathering) और अपरदन (erosion) द्वारा पृथ्वी की सतह का घिसना।