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Etymology edit

denude +‎ -ment

Noun edit

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.

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