denuding

Definitions

The act of stripping something of its covering, possessions, or vegetation.

The process of exposing rock or soil by the removal of overlying material through erosion.

Examples

The heavy rains were denuding the hillside of its protective layer of topsoil.

Years of overgrazing resulted in denuding the pasture, leaving the land barren and vulnerable to erosion.

Synonyms

stripping uncovering exposing divesting peeling bare clearing

Antonyms

covering clothing veiling masking cloaking shrouding concealing