denudes

Definition of denudesnext
present tense third-person singular of denude
as in strips
to remove of all covering or surface layers Excessive logging has denuded the hillside of trees.

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  • In the campaign, Paris strips down to just his boxers, which are thematically printed for the holiday of love.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Sombr’s rendition strips the track back emotionally while reshaping it sonically, layering distorted vocals and a driving indie-rock pulse over the song’s core melody.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2026
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  • To translate Holocaust literature at a moment when genocide is not only a historical category but an active legal accusation exposes translators, editors, and institutions alike to pressures to contain, displace, or euphemize violence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The Taopiaopiao release centers on an underperforming local police unit that fabricates minor cases to pad its record, only to uncover a genuine criminal conspiracy after a burst water main exposes a gang of tomb raiders posing as repair workers.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
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  • Young boys cleaned test tubes, brawny machinists built gauges and mills, and scales delicate enough to weigh an inch of a spider's web.
    Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The simulations relied on direct numerical simulation, a method that resolves all relevant turbulence scales without using modeling assumptions.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Denudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denudes. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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