deforested

verb

Definition of deforestednext
past tense of deforest
as in denuded

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  1. denuded
  2. skinned
  3. barked
  4. shelled
  5. scaled
  6. stripped
  7. exposed
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  • This year's phenomenon coincided with a string of hurricanes in the eastern Pacific, fueling sea level rise and large waves that have destroyed homes and denuded some Southern California beaches of sand.
    — Daniel Trotta, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The tribe led efforts to restore Prairie Creek, which had been largely denuded and buried by the timber operation.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Definition of denuded
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  • One of the animals had been fully skinned while the other had been quartered.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • From her home in Sedley, Virginia, Dot skinned, blanched, cooked, and packaged her signature nuts.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 July 2026
Definition of skinned
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  • The upstairs neighbors had two mastiffs who were left home all day and who barked incessantly and scratched at the floor of their kennel.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
  • After the top of the ninth, Orioles reliever Cam Sanders barked at the Red Sox dugout, leading Ceddanne Rafaela and Jarren Duran to shout back from the top step, but nothing more transpired.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of barked
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  • Its buildings were shelled and burned, and its infrastructure damaged.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The physical condition of the stadium isn’t the issue and nor is blaming which side shelled the stadium you muppet!
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shelled
Verb
  • But lately, the concrete plans to fund replication efforts have been dramatically scaled down, in part because of concerns over cost.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The blind box economy is the claw machine scaled to a generation.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of scaled
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  • The Montaukett, the original inhabitants of the Hamptons, were stripped of their land and tribal rights a century ago.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Recent wildfires have stripped vegetation from nearby hillsides, leaving the ground more vulnerable to mudslides.
    — Brittney Ermon, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of stripped
Verb
  • Door opening from kitchen to dish area does not have finished opening and the concrete blocks that were cut for the wall opening are exposed.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The result exposed vulnerabilities in Lula’s reelection bid, from frustration over the cost of living and crime to difficulties mobilizing parts of his traditional base.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
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