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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the removal of covering;
[syn: denudation, stripping, uncovering, baring, husking]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Denudation \Den`u*da"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. denudatio: cf. F. d['e]nudation.] 1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

denudation n 1: the removal of covering [syn: denudation, stripping, uncovering, baring, husking]