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Denudation

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de·nude  (d-nd, -nyd)
tr.v. de·nud·ed, de·nud·ing, de·nudes
1. To divest of covering; make bare.
2. Geology To expose (rock strata) by erosion.
[Latin dndre : d-, de- + ndre, to make bare (from ndus, nude; see nogw- in Indo-European roots).]
denu·dation (dn-dshn, -ny-, dny-) n.
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Noun1.Denudation - the removal of coveringdenudation - the removal of covering              
baring, husking, stripping, uncovering
remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
disforestation, deforestation - the removal of trees
cornhusking - the act of removing the husks from ears of corn
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Only thus can we gain time, at all sufficient to explain the truly astonishing amount of denudation, which these great, though comparatively with most other ranges recent, mountains have suffered.
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