denudement

English

Etymology

From denude +‎ -ment.

Noun

denudement (usually uncountable, plural denudements)

1. The process of denuding or stripping bare.
   • 1954, University of Chicago. Dept. of Geography, Research Paper (issues 38-41, page 173)

     The hill sides, however, have been abused by over-intensive farming, bad land use, and reckless denudement. The soil has been butchered; erosion runs rampant.

Anagrams

• undemented